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On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 10:19 PM, Steve Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>> Is there any other benefit? >>> >> The double encryption has to do with the treatment of passphrases and >> private keys (see below). The text below is from the Google cache of >> Lavabit's former website. Reliably defeating this would mean changing how >> their software works (misrepresenting the company to their customers), >> which is the heavy-handed PRISM technique. >> > got it, "double encryption" seems a little misleading of a term... but > encrypting an encrypted message didn't make much if any more sense either. > I guess I assumed that encrypting private keys was (also) standard > practice? Maybe not. > > Yes, it seems like Lavabit is now going to be compromised with their > users... if they stand back up, it will always be suspected that they were > "turned"? > > > > > > ==============================**============================== > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe > http://redfish.com/mailman/**listinfo/friam_redfish.com<http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com> >
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