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Message-ID: <200404071635.09948.fulldisc@ultratux.org> From: fulldisc at ultratux.org (Maarten) Subject: Wiretap or Magic Lantern? On Wednesday 07 April 2004 14:12, Szilveszter Adam wrote: > Hello all, <snip other good stuff> > BTW as for some of the myths that accompany these covert ops in > cyberspace: you would be really surprised to learn how sophisticated > criminals have already been caught simply by sending them HTML email > that contained an invisible web bug, the kind that is in your spam every > day. It is mostly still the human factor, that gives one away, there is > mostly no need to go head-on against really strong crypto or stego. > Approach it from the human side and you are there much faster. > > BTW as for the "NSA-proof"-nes of PGP: It is not uncrackable. Nothing > is, given the right amount of time and resources on your hands. The only > question is, does it need to be? And is it worth it? If you can get at > the info in say 10,000 years from now than clearly this is not an > option. And there is no need to go there either, when all you need is > some attractive woman and many men will readily tell more than you had > ever hoped for. :-P [ /. mode on ] Mod +5 Insightful [ /. mode off ] -- Linux: Because rebooting is for adding hardware.
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