Re: [Cryptography] dead man switch [was: Re: Snowden fabricated digital keys to get access to NSA servers?]

2013-07-09 Thread Jerry Leichter
On Jul 5, 2013, at 12:07 PM, StealthMonger wrote: A lawyer or other (paid) confidant was given instructions that would disclose the key. Do this if something happens to me. An adversary can verify an open source robot, but not such instructions. NSA cannot verify a claim that such

Re: [Cryptography] *** SPAM *** dead man switch [was: Re: Snowden fabricated digital keys to get access to NSA servers?]

2013-07-09 Thread Philipp Gühring
Hi, I would suggest Secret Key Splitting (e.g. Shamir's scheme), with an n-out-of-m scheme. Add decryption instructions, give everyone you trust and who is not easily discoverable a share of the key, the complete encrypted backups, and tell them to follow instructions when they believe you are

Re: [Cryptography] *** SPAM *** dead man switch [was: Re: Snowden fabricated digital keys to get access to NSA servers?]

2013-07-09 Thread Philipp Gühring
Hi, I would suggest Secret Key Splitting (e.g. Shamir's scheme), with an n-out-of-m scheme. Add decryption instructions, give everyone you trust and who is not easily discoverable a share of the key, the complete encrypted backups, and tell them to follow instructions when they believe you are