Backup of encrypted private key on uncontrolled disks

Jason Antony alexanderino at gmail.com
Fri Nov 21 07:25:41 CET 2014


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On 2014-11-21 03:54, Shea Levy wrote:

> Hmm, I’m having a hard time imagining how someone could get me to 
> divulge the passphrase if they couldn’t also get me to hand over
> the key backups I own. Of course, my imagination is not the limit
> here, so is there something I’m missing?

It's not easy to withstand rubber-hose cryptanalysis for long periods
of time: http://xkcd.com/538/

Cheers,

Jason
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