OT: "enhanced interrogation" (was: Re: HackFest Series: TrueCrypt is Now Detectable)

2009-05-01 Thread Mike Schwartz
Oh, so *** that's *** what the phrase "rubber hose decryption" means; in some previous post (probably recently - in the parent thread?) that phrase was used but I thought maybe it was some FOSS tool that I was not familiar with. ...sorta timely, since there is all kinds of ruckus going on in the m

Re: OT: "enhanced interrogation" (was: Re: HackFest Series: TrueCrypt is Now Detectable)

2009-05-01 Thread Joe
Yeah, that's why TrueCrypt's ability to "hide" the volume on a device is so awesome. The idea is, people don't realize anything is even there to BE encrypted. One thing I was reading about with regard to plausible deniability is to hide your volumes inside of other files. For example, I have a jum

Re: OT: "enhanced interrogation" (was: Re: HackFest Series: TrueCrypt is Now Detectable)

2009-05-01 Thread Jim March
On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 1:52 PM, Mike Schwartz wrote: > Oh, so *** that's *** what the phrase "rubber hose decryption" means; > in some previous post (probably recently - in the parent thread?) that > phrase was used but I thought maybe it was some FOSS tool that I was not > familiar with. Heh. Y

Re: OT: "enhanced interrogation" (was: Re: HackFest Series: TrueCrypt is Now Detectable)

2009-05-01 Thread Judd Pickell
Wouldn't one problem with your plan be is that the file size would be different? Of course that would only matter if the person looking knew the typical size, or the software checking the drive wasn't doing file size checks on known files. Gotta wonder what Anti-virus software would make of the fil

Re: OT: "enhanced interrogation" (was: Re: HackFest Series: TrueCrypt is Now Detectable)

2009-05-01 Thread Joe
I made the file, I didn't overwrite an existing one. Yes, it's possible to find the file, but it's hard to figure out what it is (since TrueCrypt leaves no headers although the topic the thread WAS detection). The idea, more than anything, is that I can say I have no idea what the extra file i

Re: OT: "enhanced interrogation" (was: Re: HackFest Series: TrueCrypt is Now Detectable)

2009-05-01 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Fri, 1 May 2009, Joe wrote: > I made the file, I didn't overwrite an existing one. Yes, it's possible > to find the file, but it's hard to figure out what it is (since > TrueCrypt leaves no headers although the topic the thread WAS > detection). > > The idea, more than anything, is that I c