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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."
Who needs any of this? Just try what I do: write your messages as GW Basic programs. This is so uncrackable that even I can't tell what is in it after I use it.
Or is your FP plausibly deniable? ;)
/^[A-Z0-9._%+-]+@[A-Z0-9.-]+\.[A-Z]{2,4}$/i
A way to deny some of the stupider posts I've made on Slashdot.
It's good to use your head, but not as a battering ram.
How much later is "later"?
"Did I just say that I'd walk the dog?"
"Yes!"
"Nobody can prove that I just said that."
Does this mean it's going to feature in the next edition of GTA?
Chris Mattern
It wasn't Monica who got in trouble for spilling something.
Is there an Internet Cafe at Guantanamo?
Quick, someone, anyone. Combine this with yesterday's P2P In 15 Lines of Perl: http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/1 2/15/1953227&tid=95&tid=156&tid=1
Everybody's a libertarian 'till their neighbour's becomes a crack house.
BillG: So, did the donation to the SCO fund to kill Linux go through?
SBallmer: Yep, sure did. And we even explained the need for us to buy one of their licenses for unlimited computers. You know, for our in-house independent benchmarking company. You know, the whole "Get the Facts" campaign?
BillG: I see... but this SCO thing doesn't look like it's going to work. We need to go after them in even more indirect ways to avoid more antitrust sanctions. With Ashcroft gone, we may get a harder wrist-slap than last time.
SBallmer: We're already getting the puppet companies set up now. They have applied for tons of patents that could destroy Linux. We simply buy a perpetual license to all patents for a cool billion, and we're set.
BillG: How can companies apply for patents that already exist in Linux? What about prior art?
SBallmer: Don't worry, there's plenty of critical new or rewritten code since the patent applications that violates them. We've even guessed what Linux might add in the future, and patented that as well!
BillG: But if those lawsuits fail.. then what?
SBallmer: Well, we're working on getting the GPL ruled illegal. We're also going to deal a blow to all open source operating systems by our deals with bios manufacturers to only run operating systems who have paid their license to get the code signed. (Don't worry, they listen to our piles of money - if they obey us, they money keeps coming)
BillG: So, you want the computer to be like an xbox, then? We might want to start drafting legislation for mod chips to prevent people from using linux.. er.. pirated copies of windows longhorn without the subscription/expiration feature. After all, we don't want people to use windows without paying their subscriptions...
SBallmer: Already in the works. Prebought PCs will include a 3 year subscription to Longhorn Home/Crippled Edition. After this 3 years is up, the people buy a new computer rather than renewing their license (for an old computer, mind you) for another 3 years. The money from Intel and Dell is already pouring in. We can't allow mod chips because people would just use that to load the Corporate Edition.
a while back there was a story up here about a gaim plugin as a p2p app, couple it with this and you can say "It wasn't me" that downloaded that Shaggy album.
Kid: Hey, Mister Policeman! I just got an OTR message from Michael Jackson! He said he really did molest those kids, and he's really sorry about it. Of course, I can't prove he said it any more, but it authenticated as him originally! You believe me, right?
Police: You bet we do! We haven't forgotten that guy used to be black!
*sirens*
What you do is you have a huge stash of embarassing hardcore porn, say 'bukkake bloopers 2000'
They see what you are 'hiding' and maybe laugh in your face
There's a joke in there somewhere, I just know it...
God invented whiskey so the Irish would not rule the world.
Now I just need something interesting enough to talk about to merit the install :o
STOP. You're being farmed.
It's true. 2000 was a horrible year for bukkake.... very embarassing... now 1999, that was vintage bukkake.. ;-p I've got some I'm saving for my wedding night.
A fool throws a stone into a well and a thousand sages can not remove it.
I can see how I'd want to encrypt my stuff. It might bore someone to death. Here's a real-life example of an IM from this morning. (I'm at work so I use Trillian on Windows NT5.1.)
Me: Dude
Friend: Yo
Me: Whassup?
Friend: Nothing
Friend: You?
Me: Nothing
Friend: Dude
Me: Yo
Friend: How's work?
Me: Work?
Friend: You at home?
Me: Oh.
Me: No, work.
Me: Fine
Me: How's J? She still there?
Friend: Fine. No left with C.
Me: BRB
Friend: Kewl
The Kai's Semi-Updated Website Thingy
I guess you're saving it forever...
If you had DJB, he'd make you find 10 jokes in it.
To which the jury's usual response is "Quilty!"
No, that's the response when comfortable toilet paper is presented as evidence.
They don't just laugh in your face...