Well, I guess then one would be truly and completely fucked. Although technically, you aren't lying when you are revealing the dummy key. How easily would someone be able to remember a 20 character key under the duress of truth serum? 32 character? Although, if one has followed procedure correctly and not written the key down but relied on memorization, that might be easily extracted.
I don't claim to be an expert on the macabre subject of interrogation methods, though. I suppose if you are simply tortured until you break, you won't lie anyway and will gladly reveal all to please your grim masters. But somehow I think that your (relatively irrelevant) encrypted data will be the least of your worries at that point.
Yes, that would be much quicker, though it renders the disk permanently unusable, obviously. Much more fun, though.
Reminds me of dangerous fun had with a potato cannon a buddy and I built a few years back. Something about giving a potato the same kinetic energy as a 15 pound bowling ball travelling at 125 MPH and slamming it into stationary objects still brings a smile to my face.
I'm pretty sure that this is correct. Although, this of course assumes that the proverbial Men in Black haven't procured your computer before you've had a chance to blow away the volume header and render the data unusable.
Not for the truly paranoid. Truecrypt does have a plausible deniability feature (aside from normally encrypted data looking like random noise), where you have a hidden volume with your "real" data in case you are forcibly made to reveal your keys. You can reveal your "key" to the person that is forcing it from you, but all they see are some "semi-private" documents that you've put there in the dummy volume. Your "real" key is still safe, and all they see is random gibberish for your other data. Since the free space on a Truecrypt volume is always filled with random noise, there's no way to prove that you have another nested volume in there.
It does add some complexity, though. If you ever add data to the dummy volume you risk destroying your real data and it adds another step to access the real data. So, for those that don't want the hassle or risk, I imagine that shredding your deleted data would be the better option if you are forced to reveal your keys and you have deleted data that you don't want recovered.
Personally, I used truecrypt on Windows before I moved to Ubuntu, and use the same now, though it's a little more work to get it running. It looks like you've used it before, though. I'm not sure why truecrypt wouldn't work.
As far as shredding files goes, that isn't really connected with the encryption process, but more to your hard disk speed. Writing random bits to a 10-30 GiB file is going to take a while no matter what program you use.
How does this get moderated Troll? It is common sense. If I walked up to the Governor in my state without an appointment and started trying to convince him to use (GNU)Linux on every state computer, I assume that I'd get stopped too. Does the submitter think that RMS should be getting special treatment?
Well, there's always the -1 Flamebait, +1 Underrated combination of mods. It just takes more than one person. But I read Flamebait at +6 anyway, since they're often humorous. To stay on topic, look at this page and check out the "witness list" from the oversight hearing!
David M. Israelite
President and Chief Executive Officer, National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA)
Jonathan Potter
Executive Director, Digital Media Association (DiMA)
Rick Carnes
President, Songwriter's Guild
Cary H. Sherman
President and General Counsel, Recording Industry Association of America, Inc. (RIAA)
The mass die off precipitated by such an impact let the dinosaurs get started. The cretaceous die off got rid of the dinosaurs in turn, and let mammals take the top spot.
Great. I'm baked out of my mind and paranoid that we're all next.
So I guess the question is, what do we, as the people of Earth, exactly do about it? The individual, and even larger groups of people trying to peacefully facilitate change have no chance against the vast resources of government and corporate entities.
The vast, vast majority of people only want to live a happy, comfortable life without intimate intrusion from someone else's ideology and (possibly largely) differing beliefs. Everyone should still be able to Get Along.
At the root of many of the problems is a lack of understanding and fear of the unknown. A language barrier and an ignorance of each others' culture can instill an instant fear between two people. I believe that our last hope may be the internet. As information freely flows between people (filters and censorship are eroding this already, but it's still early) their understanding of each other grows, and they can begin to understand what it's like to be in the other's position. As language translation technology matures (we see this already in the voice translation boxes the US military uses), the language barriers can be taken down. Understanding and respect grows as people freely communicate, and this fosters peace.
Alas, this idyllic and naive future is hard to see coming to pass. There is still an enormous amount of work to do. People shroud themselves in a comforting blanket of ignorance whenever it suits them. Often, I think this is because that as much as people lack understanding and respect, and so have distrust and fear, what really terrifies them is true understanding. Look at the people in the USA that have such a fear of immigrants. All they see is "immigrants taking jobs" and "destruction of culture". What about all the jobs created? The immigrants will need housing, food, and all sorts of products to live. New jobs will be made to provide for them. The arguments are just excuses made manifest from fear. People simply fear the unknown. Have people ever thought that perhaps the reason immigrants band together in their own clusters is that they feel threatened because the "natives" are so unwelcoming and distrustful?
I've gone far off topic here in my rant. Really, I just feel that the internet is our last, best hope of creating links between different cultures and ideologies. Get everyone understanding one another and put aside that fear. Yes, there are Bad people out there, and there always will be. But most everyone really just wants the same thing; to live.
It's not easy to extract a large plastic syringe that's submerged in a tub of very firm cream cheese, but Mercedes Brighenti performs the task with elegance and precision. The sleeves of her white lab coat are rolled up, her long dark hair is pulled back, and her silver watch is pushed up on her slender arm. Still, the final tug flings little globs of cheese around the university lab - one of only two in the US with a cream cheese research program.
but you're also creating people who will do stupid things like mixing chlorine and ammonia while cleaning the toilet, and who will panic when things get out of hand.
I wonder how many people, even here, don't know what would happen. For those of you that are ignorant of the dangers, see here.
In order to get federal funding, schools and libraries must have a web filtering solution in place. This is to comply with the current CIPA legislation. One of the requirements of the web filter is that it is able to be overridden to allow access. It doesn't matter if the user is an adult or a minor. If parents have an issue with these social blogging sites, then they should take it up with their local school and/or library.
Depending on your viewpoint, it's rather creepy to "check in" with someone when you want to access "inappropriate" content at all. On the plus side, librarians, and the ALA in particular, are generally quite opposed to censorship of any kind. You can bet that they'll have something to say about this. Libraries already have all sorts of trouble being compliant with the very vague law that is CIPA, and this will only muddy the water further.
I found a very interesting article (linked to from the ALA website) that goes over the problems that libraries face with internet filtering. Make no mistake; they hate it. Particularly alarming is the librarian from Singapore that wasn't that concerned about censorship:
She casually replied, "Oh yes, we get overblocking all the time. Last week I was helping a patron look for motor vehicle forms but they were blocked, probably because it has a box to check for SEX 'Male/Female.'"
There was something about her casual tone that tripped me up. I usually hear librarians give overblocking examples in tones alternating between outrage, bitterness and amusement. I heard none of that in her voice. Just a relaxed answer, perhaps befitting our tranquil setting.
Nevertheless, I prodded, "As a librarian, doesn't that bother you?"
"No, not really," she said. Noticing the surprised look on my face, she continued, "You don't understand. Everything in Singapore is censored... our books, our movies. You get used to it. Internet filters are nothing special."
This is purely redundant legislation to collect mindshare for an election year, and will only be used to restrict us further. Once people get used to it, they cease to care. It must be fought.
Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold forbidden that which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizyah with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued. 9:29
O you who believe! Do not take the Jews and the Christians for friends/protecters; they are friends/protecters of each other; and whoever amongst you takes them for a friend/protecter, then surely he is one of them; surely Allah does not guide the unjust people. 5:51
What exactly is your point by linking to it? I thank you for the link, though, it was very interesting.
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I don't claim to be an expert on the macabre subject of interrogation methods, though. I suppose if you are simply tortured until you break, you won't lie anyway and will gladly reveal all to please your grim masters. But somehow I think that your (relatively irrelevant) encrypted data will be the least of your worries at that point.
Reminds me of dangerous fun had with a potato cannon a buddy and I built a few years back. Something about giving a potato the same kinetic energy as a 15 pound bowling ball travelling at 125 MPH and slamming it into stationary objects still brings a smile to my face.
I'm pretty sure that this is correct. Although, this of course assumes that the proverbial Men in Black haven't procured your computer before you've had a chance to blow away the volume header and render the data unusable.
It does add some complexity, though. If you ever add data to the dummy volume you risk destroying your real data and it adds another step to access the real data. So, for those that don't want the hassle or risk, I imagine that shredding your deleted data would be the better option if you are forced to reveal your keys and you have deleted data that you don't want recovered.
As far as shredding files goes, that isn't really connected with the encryption process, but more to your hard disk speed. Writing random bits to a 10-30 GiB file is going to take a while no matter what program you use.
How does this get moderated Troll? It is common sense. If I walked up to the Governor in my state without an appointment and started trying to convince him to use (GNU)Linux on every state computer, I assume that I'd get stopped too. Does the submitter think that RMS should be getting special treatment?
Yup. Darwin wins again.
And what countries or persons are "evil" or "good" at the time.
No, the AC is just pirating someone else's pirating troll. Yay irony!
Maybe you get to keep the worm. You know...your shit, your problem.
David M. Israelite
President and Chief Executive Officer, National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA)
Jonathan Potter
Executive Director, Digital Media Association (DiMA)
Rick Carnes
President, Songwriter's Guild
Cary H. Sherman
President and General Counsel, Recording Industry Association of America, Inc. (RIAA)
Where's the witness list for the "prosecution"?
Yeah. Amazing they're still in business.
I think I've found my new slashdot sig.
Great. I'm baked out of my mind and paranoid that we're all next.
Thanks a lot.
Sorry. My speling goes to shit when I'm all hot and bothered.
The vast, vast majority of people only want to live a happy, comfortable life without intimate intrusion from someone else's ideology and (possibly largely) differing beliefs. Everyone should still be able to Get Along.
At the root of many of the problems is a lack of understanding and fear of the unknown. A language barrier and an ignorance of each others' culture can instill an instant fear between two people. I believe that our last hope may be the internet. As information freely flows between people (filters and censorship are eroding this already, but it's still early) their understanding of each other grows, and they can begin to understand what it's like to be in the other's position. As language translation technology matures (we see this already in the voice translation boxes the US military uses), the language barriers can be taken down. Understanding and respect grows as people freely communicate, and this fosters peace.
Alas, this idyllic and naive future is hard to see coming to pass. There is still an enormous amount of work to do. People shroud themselves in a comforting blanket of ignorance whenever it suits them. Often, I think this is because that as much as people lack understanding and respect, and so have distrust and fear, what really terrifies them is true understanding. Look at the people in the USA that have such a fear of immigrants. All they see is "immigrants taking jobs" and "destruction of culture". What about all the jobs created? The immigrants will need housing, food, and all sorts of products to live. New jobs will be made to provide for them. The arguments are just excuses made manifest from fear. People simply fear the unknown. Have people ever thought that perhaps the reason immigrants band together in their own clusters is that they feel threatened because the "natives" are so unwelcoming and distrustful?
I've gone far off topic here in my rant. Really, I just feel that the internet is our last, best hope of creating links between different cultures and ideologies. Get everyone understanding one another and put aside that fear. Yes, there are Bad people out there, and there always will be. But most everyone really just wants the same thing; to live.
I'm think I'm in love.
Reminds me of that /. sig that someone has around;
"Want the root password to the US Constitution? Try Child Pornography."
or something like that...
I wonder how many people, even here, don't know what would happen. For those of you that are ignorant of the dangers, see here.
I'll tell you where. In your pants! It's a fucking joke down there!
* With HILARIOUS RESULTS
Hmm. On the topic of Weekend at Bernie's, IMDB rates it as 5.5 out of 10 stars, and it only grossed 30.2 million in the US.One could say that the movie is neither hilarious nor has results.
In Soviet Russia, LCD screen monitors you!
Depending on your viewpoint, it's rather creepy to "check in" with someone when you want to access "inappropriate" content at all. On the plus side, librarians, and the ALA in particular, are generally quite opposed to censorship of any kind. You can bet that they'll have something to say about this. Libraries already have all sorts of trouble being compliant with the very vague law that is CIPA, and this will only muddy the water further.
I found a very interesting article (linked to from the ALA website) that goes over the problems that libraries face with internet filtering. Make no mistake; they hate it. Particularly alarming is the librarian from Singapore that wasn't that concerned about censorship:
She casually replied, "Oh yes, we get overblocking all the time. Last week I was helping a patron look for motor vehicle forms but they were blocked, probably because it has a box to check for SEX 'Male/Female.'"
There was something about her casual tone that tripped me up. I usually hear librarians give overblocking examples in tones alternating between outrage, bitterness and amusement. I heard none of that in her voice. Just a relaxed answer, perhaps befitting our tranquil setting.
Nevertheless, I prodded, "As a librarian, doesn't that bother you?"
"No, not really," she said. Noticing the surprised look on my face, she continued, "You don't understand. Everything in Singapore is censored ... our books, our movies. You get used to it. Internet filters are nothing special."
This is purely redundant legislation to collect mindshare for an election year, and will only be used to restrict us further. Once people get used to it, they cease to care. It must be fought.
Dude. You have got to get out more.
Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold forbidden that which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizyah with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued. 9:29
O you who believe! Do not take the Jews and the Christians for friends/protecters; they are friends/protecters of each other; and whoever amongst you takes them for a friend/protecter, then surely he is one of them; surely Allah does not guide the unjust people. 5:51
What exactly is your point by linking to it? I thank you for the link, though, it was very interesting.