encryption algorithm

[Matt D]

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On 12/17/2013 11:02 PM, Robert J. Hansen wrote:
> On 12/17/2013 10:57 PM, Matt D wrote:
>> Lets assume I run Ubuntu live from USB stick or cd when I need
>> secure messaging so an attacker cannot predict what machine i
>> will send my message from and there will be nothing left on the
>> machine.  The encrypted message is captured but the adversary
>> does not have access to me.  What sort of attack has any chance
>> to decrypt the message?
> 
> Beating your kneecaps into pulp, hiring a hooker to persuade the
> secret out of you, beating your recipient's kneecaps into pulp,
> hiring a hooker to persuade the secret out of your correspondent,
> Van Eycking your terminal, Van Eycking your recipient's terminal,
> figuring out a way to plant an exploit on your USB stick... I could
> go on for quite some time, but you get the idea.  The best ways to
> recover the message do not involve cryptanalysis, and the
> non-cryptanalytic means are devastatingly effective.
> 
So in other words the message can not be read by some govt genius with
a rack of computers??

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