Quick request. In comments to a recent post, people seemed to agree that publishing a video of someone reading a hash might be a fairly hard-to-hack way to deliver that hash to the public, and thus assure the authenticity of a piece of code, a public key, or whatnot. The problem is that the sample youtube video I linked had yours truly reading the hash, and people naturally objected that I wasn't Justin Bieber and, consequently, weren't too convinced that the video was authentic.
Aside from the fact that an adversary might be able to convince Justin Bieber to make a video reading a fake hash (not that I believe Justin doesn't care; it's just a hypothesis), the idea of getting a celebrity for this kind of video has a lot of merit. I'd like to engage one for the next update of my app. So, here's my question. Does any one know of a celebrity who cares enough about computer security to be persuaded to take one minute of his/her time to read a hash before a camera? Thanks a million! -- Francisco Ruiz Associate Professor MMAE department Illinois Institute of Technology PL13lok=WsH3zTgZn8V3hnIqjdbfPus+5YF5n+LBRPuH9USMMp8izPv+hsLoZKv+jaCFMapJFfiA11Q9yJU1K1Wo0TbjXK/=PL13lok get the PassLok privacy app at: http://passlok.com
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