Hi Stephen, > Anyone got a link to Nick's slides/paper?
Slides (38MB .pdf): http://www1.icsi.berkeley.edu/~nweaver/enigma_weaver.key.pdf Paper: does not exist ( https://twitter.com/ncweaver/status/693516094003281920 ). Video (20 min): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqnKdGnzoh0 Regards, Matthijs > > S. > > On 30/01/16 16:51, Dave Crocker wrote: >> Cops hate encryption but the NSA loves it when you use PGP >> It lights you up like a Vegas casino, says compsci boffin >> >> By Iain Thomson >> Jan 27 2016 >> <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/01/27/nsa_loves_it_when_you_use_pgp/> >> >> Although the cops and Feds wont stop banging on and on about encryption >> â the spies have a different take on the use of crypto. >> >> To be brutally blunt, they love it. Why? Because using detectable >> encryption technology like PGP, Tor, VPNs and so on, lights you up on >> the intelligence agencies' dashboards. Agents and analysts don't even >> have to see the contents of the communications â the metadata is >> enough >> for g-men to start making your life difficult. >> >> "To be honest, the spooks love PGP," Nicholas Weaver, a researcher at >> the International Computer Science Institute, told the Usenix Enigma >> conference in San Francisco on Wednesdy. "It's really chatty and it >> gives them a lot of metadata and communication records. PGP is the NSA's >> friend." >> >> Weaver, who has spent much of the last decade investigating NSA >> techniques, said that all PGP traffic, including who sent it and to >> whom, is automatically stored and backed up onto tape. This can then be >> searched as needed when matched with other surveillance data. >> >> Given that the NSA has taps on almost all of the internet's major trunk >> routes, the PGP records can be incredibly useful. It's a simple matter >> to build a script that can identify one PGP user and then track all >> their contacts to build a journal of their activities. >> >> Even better is the Mujahedeen Secrets encryption system, which was >> released by the Global Islamic Media Front to allow Al Qaeda supporters >> to communicate in private. Weaver said that not only was it even harder >> to use than PGP, but it was a boon for metadata â since almost anyone >> using it identified themselves as a potential terrorist. >> >> "It's brilliant!" enthused Weaver. "Whoever it was at the NSA or GCHQ >> who invented it give them a big Christmas bonus.â >> >> <snip> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> perpass mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/perpass > > _______________________________________________ > perpass mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/perpass > _______________________________________________ perpass mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/perpass
