On 2011-07-20 7:09 AM, Ian G wrote:
Part of the problem I have semantically with OTR is that it isn't OTR.
The presence of a record means it is on the record. While
OTR-the-product might be attempting to decrease the tamper-resistance
qualities of the document, there is manifestly a document. And such
presence tends to outweigh in real life any advantage gained by tampering.
If it was truly OTR, it would turn off the record. That's what it means,
the tape stops rolling, the typist stops typing.
Tape has the original difficult to fake voice of the speaker on tape.
The typist produces a physical document, and is an independent witness
for the provenance of that document. She is probably numbering her
pages, making it difficult to adjust the document without massively
retyping a multitude of documents.
An electronic document, however, is substantially less evidence than that.
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