On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 6:44 AM, AnotherPeasant<[email protected]> wrote:
> On 04/16/2011 08:35 PM, Sandy Harris wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 7:51 AM, AnotherPeasant<[email protected]>
>> 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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