Plausible Deniability From Rockstar Cryptographers

J. Karl Rove writes "Nikita Borisov and Ian Goldberg (of many, many other projects) have released Off the Record Messaging for Gaim. Encrypt an IM, prove (at the time) that it came from you, and deny it later. The authentication works only when the message is sent; anybody can forge all the messages he wants afterwards (toolkit included). Captured or archived messages prove nothing. And forward secrecy means Big Brother can't read your messages even if he wiretaps you AND grabs your computer later on. All the gooey goodness of crypto, with none of the consequences! They have a protocol spec, source code, and Debian and Fedora binaries."

Comments

Re:Slashdot is criminally irresponsible posting th

[xSauronx]

not everyone, Mr President, believes that just because America is in a state of war, we should lose our rights.

On a side note: kudos to you for being able to figure out how to post a message here.

Re:My foolproof encryption method

[Cabriel]

This is just another reason for the authorities to monitor your computer.