Re: [cryptography] Can there be a cryptographic dead man switch?

2012-09-22 Thread StealthMonger
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 mhey...@gmail.com mhey...@gmail.com writes: ... and the trustee (that I never really trusted) ... Actually, Trustee may prefer to have no access to the secret so as to be above suspicion if some of the gold should disappear. - -- --

Re: [cryptography] Can there be a cryptographic dead man switch?

2012-09-22 Thread StealthMonger
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 James A. Donald jam...@echeque.com writes: On 2012-09-05 11:51 PM, StealthMonger wrote: Can there be a cryptographic dead man switch? A secret is to be revealed only if/when signed messages stop appearing. It is to be cryptographically strong

Re: [cryptography] Can there be a cryptographic dead man switch?

2012-09-22 Thread Natanael
I can not imagine anything inherently trustable. I do not want to trust that single server won't be hacked, tapped by NSA or raided by FBI. Den 22 sep 2012 22:49 skrev StealthMonger stealthmon...@nym.mixmin.net: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 James A. Donald jam...@echeque.com

Re: [cryptography] Can there be a cryptographic dead man switch?

2012-09-22 Thread StealthMonger
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Natanael natanae...@gmail.com writes: I do not want to trust that single server won't be hacked, tapped by NSA or raided by FBI. I absolutely agree. But the adversary here is nothing like NSA or FBI, and the stakes are nowhere near threats to any

Re: [cryptography] Can there be a cryptographic dead man switch?

2012-09-22 Thread Natanael
In that case Anonymous and other hacker groups is your problem. Den 23 sep 2012 01:37 skrev StealthMonger stealthmon...@nym.mixmin.net: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Natanael natanae...@gmail.com writes: I do not want to trust that single server won't be hacked, tapped by