> On Feb 27, 2015, at 5:18 PM, Ben Harris <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I think Nadim's point is that the encrypted storage can lull people into a 
> false sense of security so they use a weak passphrase for the encryption.

I think that the same people that understand the threat model wouldn’t make the 
mistake of trusting an arbitrary external host with weakly encrypted private 
keys.

> Building the system so as to be secure in the "offline attack is possible" 
> scenario means it will still be secure in the "server protects against 
> offline attack" scenario.

Yes, I agree.

Jonathan
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