[Freedombox-discuss] Roadmap / Wishlists
Drachen Birch
drachen.birch at gmail.com
Mon Apr 18 05:39:17 UTC 2011
On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 6:44 AM, AnotherPeasant<versparis at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 04/16/2011 08:35 PM, Sandy Harris wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 7:51 AM, AnotherPeasant<versparis at gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>>> >>> There should be an easy way for any user, even one not familiar with CLI,
>>> >>> to
>>> >>> "self-destruct" their FB. I mean secure data deletions, as fast and as
>>> >>> complete as possible.
>> >>
>> >> Deletion is not the only way. Any encrypted data can be made unreadable
>> >> instantly simply by destroying the key. This is much faster, but it does
>> >> not
>> >> provide deniability. If you are dealing with people who will try to beat
>> >> the
>> >> key out of you, that could be a major problem.
>> >>
>> >> Of course such people will likely try to beat the information out of you
>> >> whatever you do to protect it, so having an unreadable lump of
>> >> encrypted data may in practice be no worse than having a bricked
>> >> machine.
>> >>
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> >
> > My thought was not that it would help the owner of a particular FrBx. -But
> > it might be a way to protect friends and associates from being known or
> > inferred. -Limiting damage to your social net if you go down, that's all.
> > Even if they beat quite a lot out of you, they would almost certainly miss
> > a lot, too. That's why I leaned towards actually shredding the data. Seems
> > like shredding the key should be first on the list, though, just for the
> > speed.
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