[Cialug] Encryption Questions

Thomas Kula kula at tproa.net
Mon Mar 9 09:30:52 CDT 2015


I can't believe no-one has suggested "E-mail it to yourself, let the NSA
decrypt it for you. 

On Sun, Mar 08, 2015 at 10:50:50PM -0500, kristau wrote:
> "Keep it secret. Keep it safe." -- Gandalf
> 
> On Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 9:51 PM, Josh More <jmore at starmind.org> wrote:
> 
> > To keep is safe from people who wanted to access the files.
> >
> > You know, like your future self.  ;)
> >
> > -Josh
> >
> > On Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 9:49 PM, Todd Walton <tdwalton at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 8:43 PM, kristau <kristau at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> It occurs to me that "the wonders of context-sensitive memory" might be
> > a
> > >> better avenue to pursue. Find a keyboard which closely matches that of
> > the
> > >> target system, close your eyes, and imagine you are sitting before the
> > >> system in question.
> > >>
> > >> Mind hacking may be more fruitful than brute force against the hardware.
> > >>
> > >
> > > Indeed. And coming up with these password templates to run the script on
> > is
> > > causing me to think back to what I would have done. I'm hoping that
> > > triggers something eventually, but I have to have this thing decrypted
> > and
> > > I can't rely on the wetware to come through.
> > >
> > > Why oh why did I encrypt it in the first place??
> > >
> > > --
> > > Todd
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