On 7 Jan 2015 16:57 -1000, from [email protected] (Open eSignForms): > But if you are not a high value target, your crypto may > provide adequate security as there's unlikely a cabal who will > invest the resources to attempt to crack it. Life is short and > freedom to explore is your right!
You mean like how the NSA is alleged to store _all_ encountered cryptotext _indefinitely_, _just in case_ they are able to decrypt it later? The specific value of a target is relative as well as bound to change over time, possibly abruptly. If someone wants to target you, they will; it does not matter whether _you_ believe you are worthy of being targetted. Consider _for example_ [1], [2], [3], [4]. The way a bottle of snake oil helps against snakes is that you hit the snake very hard over the head with the bottle. That does not mean that snake oil is an effective way to get rid of snakes. [1] https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/02/24/jtrig-manipulation/ [2] https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/03/12/nsa-plans-infect-millions-computers-malware/ [3] https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/05/19/data-pirates-caribbean-nsa-recording-every-cell-phone-call-bahamas/ [4] https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/07/14/manipulating-online-polls-ways-british-spies-seek-control-internet/ -- Michael Kjörling • https://michael.kjorling.se • [email protected] OpenPGP B501AC6429EF4514 https://michael.kjorling.se/public-keys/pgp “People who think they know everything really annoy those of us who know we don’t.” (Bjarne Stroustrup) _______________________________________________ cryptography mailing list [email protected] http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography
