On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:17:54 -0400 (EDT) Paul Wouters <[email protected]> wrote:
> Listen, > > There is nothing I can do to help you when your government can coerce > you with torture or financial ruin. You will talk regardless what's > encrypted on your hard disk. In fact, I'm sure they will be very > helpful and _write_ the log entries they want admitted from you. You are absolutely right to point this out. > If you don't talk to people who might log conversations, good luck > expanding that policy to have any communication. Like only mailing > people using encrypted email. Currently, the tools are just not > feasable for such policies. And if you insist, you'll end up > isolated and unable to talk to most people. What more could a hostile > government want from a dissident? I was just mentioning this anecdote as a data point, to show that keeping logs of everything (even encrypted) can be very harmful in real life scenarios, even without actual torture being involved. It doesn't mean I endorse everything in that quote, in particular the "do not talk with people who log conversations", where I tend to agree with you. (However, I tend to be cautious with what I say to people known to have bag logging policies.) I would really like to know what you think of the compromise I suggested at the end of my last (chronological order) email. -- Daniel ".koolfy" Faucon Tel: France : (+33)(0)658/993.700 PGP Fingerprint : 485E 7C63 8D29 F737 FEA2 8CD3 EA05 30E6 15BE 9FA5
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