Ashton Kutcher has talked publicly multiple times about the value of privacy, both in his personal life and as an investor. On Aug 12, 2013 4:38 PM, "Richard Brooks" <r...@acm.org> wrote:
> Some idle thoughts: > > Edward Snowden > Bradley Manning > Julian Assange > Gen. Hayden > Jacob or Nadim > > On 08/12/2013 04:32 PM, Francisco Ruiz wrote: > > Quick request. > > > > In comments to a recent post, people seemed to agree that publishing a > > video of someone reading a hash might be a fairly hard-to-hack way to > > deliver that hash to the public, and thus assure the authenticity of a > > piece of code, a public key, or whatnot. The problem is that the sample > > youtube video I linked had yours truly reading the hash, and people > > naturally objected that I wasn't Justin Bieber and, consequently, > > weren't too convinced that the video was authentic. > > > > Aside from the fact that an adversary might be able to convince Justin > > Bieber to make a video reading a fake hash (not that I believe Justin > > doesn't care; it's just a hypothesis), the idea of getting a celebrity > > for this kind of video has a lot of merit. I'd like to engage one for > > the next update of my app. > > > > So, here's my question. Does any one know of a celebrity who cares > > enough about computer security to be persuaded to take one minute of > > his/her time to read a hash before a camera? > > > > Thanks a million! > > > > -- > > Francisco Ruiz > > Associate Professor > > MMAE department > > Illinois Institute of Technology > > > > > PL13lok=WsH3zTgZn8V3hnIqjdbfPus+5YF5n+LBRPuH9USMMp8izPv+hsLoZKv+jaCFMapJFfiA11Q9yJU1K1Wo0TbjXK/=PL13lok > > > > get the PassLok privacy app at: http://passlok.com > > > -- > Liberationtech is a public list whose archives are searchable on Google. > Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. > Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at > compa...@stanford.edu. >
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