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It seems likely that he really is alive, but AFAIK, there's been no recent signature from a wikileaks private key. People on reddit seem to be convinced he's no
by biggerfisch 10y ago
It seems likely that he really is alive, but AFAIK, there's been no recent signature from a wikileaks private key. People on reddit seem to be convinced he's not in control of the keys anymore, which is somewhat disturbing.
- agd 10y agoHe specifically addressed this. He stated that setting a precendent for proof-of-life via a PGP message is bad and they wanted to avoid doing it. It's bad because it doesn't actually prove anything. He said it is hard to secure PGP keys, and under extreme pressure Wikileaks may lose some. Really if you don't believe he's alive for the reasons I posted above, it's likely that nothing will convince you!
- trowaway314 10y agobiggerfisch is not talking about a Proof-Of-Life with the PGP key, but a statement to confirm that the key is safe right now, it isn't compromised, and why WikiLeaks don't sign messages anymore
- eternalban 10y agoHe addressed that [roughly from memory - //this is not a quote//]: Our concern is that that would reduce the proof of life to a specific methodology. Key management is complex. Primary proof is social proof, lawyers, Pilger, et al. It would be extremely costly for adversary to create conspiracy involving all these actors.