On 5/14/2015 6:03 PM, Robert J. Hansen wrote: >> You mean like this? >> >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranoia> > > Some people need to keep their public keyrings secure. > > Imagine the authorities are interested in Alice and Bob. They think the > two of them might be colluding but they don't know how. Now imagine > your keyring holds the certificates for both Alice and Bob. Now imagine > the police see your keyring. You just became a principal target of the > investigation, because you're the possible communications cut-out. The > next few weeks of your life get filled with rubber hoses, waterboarding, > and sustained beatings. > > Alice's certificate is public knowledge. So is Bob's. But the > knowledge that *you communicate with both of them* may be enough to land > you in a whole lot of hot water, especially if you live in a place > without a strong tradition of human rights. > > I, myself, do not need to keep my public keyring private. But I'm not > going to denounce those who do have such needs as paranoid. Unless I > know the person's specific situation, I'm just not in any place to make > that judgment. > > Neither are you.
I did not say that you, or your friends, are paranoid. I just pointed out that you, and your friends, fit the standard definition. And that you, and your friends, also think that secret passwords and encrypted messages will protect you from Big Brother and the professionals. Good luck with that. Have a really great day. I'm done here. -- David
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