Hi Kyle, don't take it so hard. I asked this question so _everybody_ who'd like to try the celebrity video trick would be able to collect a few likely candidates. Likely others will beat me to it.
On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 7:29 PM, Kyle Maxwell <[email protected]> wrote: > I didn't know LibTech had become the PassLok development mailing list. > > On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 6:26 PM, Collin Anderson > <[email protected]> wrote: > > The problem with occasionally looking at Huffington Post is that I'm > > subjected to such things... > > > > Matt Damon: > > > > "He broke up with me," the "Elysium" star said. "There are a lot of > things > > that I really question, you know: the legality of the drone strikes, and > > these NSA revelations they’re, you know, it’s like, they’re, you know, > Jimmy > > Carter came out and said we don’t live in a democracy. That’s, that’s a > > little, that’s a little intense when an ex-president says that. So, you > > know, he’s got some, some explaining to do, particularly for a > > constitutional law professor." > > > > > > > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/09/matt-damon-obama-broke-up-with-me_n_3732426.html?utm_hp_ref=entertainment > > > > > > On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 11:44 PM, Yishay Mor <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Cory Doctorow > >> > >> ----- sent from my phone. > >> > >> On Aug 12, 2013 9:33 PM, "Francisco Ruiz" <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> Quick request. > >>> > >>> In comments to a recent post, people seemed to agree that publishing a > >>> video of someone reading a hash might be a fairly hard-to-hack way to > >>> deliver that hash to the public, and thus assure the authenticity of a > piece > >>> of code, a public key, or whatnot. The problem is that the sample > youtube > >>> video I linked had yours truly reading the hash, and people naturally > >>> objected that I wasn't Justin Bieber and, consequently, weren't too > >>> convinced that the video was authentic. > >>> > >>> Aside from the fact that an adversary might be able to convince Justin > >>> Bieber to make a video reading a fake hash (not that I believe Justin > >>> doesn't care; it's just a hypothesis), the idea of getting a celebrity > for > >>> this kind of video has a lot of merit. I'd like to engage one for the > next > >>> update of my app. > >>> > >>> So, here's my question. Does any one know of a celebrity who cares > enough > >>> about computer security to be persuaded to take one minute of his/her > time > >>> to read a hash before a camera? > >>> > >>> Thanks a million! > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Francisco Ruiz > >>> Associate Professor > >>> MMAE department > >>> Illinois Institute of Technology > >>> > >>> > >>> > PL13lok=WsH3zTgZn8V3hnIqjdbfPus+5YF5n+LBRPuH9USMMp8izPv+hsLoZKv+jaCFMapJFfiA11Q9yJU1K1Wo0TbjXK/=PL13lok > >>> > >>> get the PassLok privacy app at: http://passlok.com > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Liberationtech is a public list whose archives are searchable on > Google. > >>> Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: > >>> https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. > Unsubscribe, > >>> change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at > >>> [email protected]. > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Liberationtech is a public list whose archives are searchable on Google. > >> Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: > >> https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. > Unsubscribe, > >> change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at > >> [email protected]. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Collin David Anderson > > averysmallbird.com | @cda | Washington, D.C. > > > > -- > > Liberationtech is a public list whose archives are searchable on Google. > > Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: > > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. > Unsubscribe, > > change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at > > [email protected]. > > > > -- > @kylemaxwell > -- > Liberationtech is a public list whose archives are searchable on Google. > Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. > Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at > [email protected]. > -- Francisco Ruiz Associate Professor MMAE department Illinois Institute of Technology PL13lok=WsH3zTgZn8V3hnIqjdbfPus+5YF5n+LBRPuH9USMMp8izPv+hsLoZKv+jaCFMapJFfiA11Q9yJU1K1Wo0TbjXK/=PL13lok get the PassLok privacy app at: http://passlok.com
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