The best kind of hacking is the social kind. No mission impossible stunts required :)
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 4:13 PM, Benjamin Tayehanpour < [email protected]> wrote: > No encryption protocols in the world can protect against an insecure mind. > If they can't break the encryption itself, they'll just attack the way you > store the private key, for instance. Or they'll just capture and break you > instead of the code. > > > On 25 June 2013 15:06, joachim Gwoke <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2013 17:29:57 +0300 >> From: Kiggundu Mukasa <[email protected]> >> To: "Linux Users Group Ug. Group Ug." <[email protected]> >> Subject: [LUG] The NSA, Edward Snowden and PGP/GPG >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >> Just thought you all should not forget that Snowden after >> working at the NSA (and knowing all email could be read by >> the NSA) >> >> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/10/edward-snowden-glenn-greenwald_n_3416978.html >> chose to use PGP (GPG is the free version of PGP) to encrypt >> his emails >> So now you know that if the NSA cannot decrypt it, then no >> one can! >> Kiggs >> >> >> I wouldn't get too comfortable with that, >> Is there really any way of confirming that Government agencies can or >> can't break PGP? The >> People at Passware have produced some interesting tools over the years >> and who is to say they don't have some juicy Government contracts or some >> arm-twisting has been done to them? >> >> >> regards >> Joachim >> _______________________________________________ >> The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug >> >> Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: >> [email protected] >> Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug >> >> The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: >> http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >> attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in >> any way. >> > > > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way. > -- Sanga M. Collins Network Engineering ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Google Voice: (954) 324-1365 E- fax: (435) 578 7411
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