On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 01:49:01PM -0500, Robert J. Hansen wrote: [snip] > The crypto dream is that the confidentiality of our messages will be > preserved for centuries after our death, which sounds really great up > until you consider what an archaeologist circa 4000 AD is going to be > thinking. "I have a stack of records here that could shed light on the > way people lived in a long-dead civilization, but I can't read them. > Why? What were these people doing that they thought their email to > their Aunt Edna needed to remain secret for all time? Why is it that, > millennia after they're gone, Aunt Edna's recipe for potato salad has to > be gone with them?" > > Or think about your own kids, circa 2040 AD. "I'd love to read these > emails between Mom and Dad when they were courting, but ... they were > afraid of Somebody-with-an-S reading their emails. I wonder if they > ever thought that the Somebody might be their son, who wanted to > understand after their deaths how it was these two people came to meet > and fall in love."
This raises an interesting point. If I bequeath my collected letters to someone, how do I arrange the transmission of the necessary passphrases as well? I wonder if the lawyer who draws up my will would even understand the question. -- Mark H. Wood Lead Technology Analyst University Library Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis 755 W. Michigan Street Indianapolis, IN 46202 317-274-0749 www.ulib.iupui.edu
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