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> Phone calls are better than files, generally speaking, and you should be calling from a burner; i.e. a pre-paid phone that is not in your name. Wouldn't you
by lazaroclapp 10y ago
> Phone calls are better than files, generally speaking, and you should be calling from a burner; i.e. a pre-paid phone that is not in your name.
Wouldn't you still be identifiable based on voice biometrics? Or by the security camera video of whichever store you buy the burner phone from? And if meeting in person, you could be trivially shadowed.
It still looks to me like "Phone calls are better than files" is completely backwards. Files can be transferred over onion routing or other darknets, carry less identifiable information and can be digitally signed to establish identity as being the same source over multiple leaks.
- gricardo99 10y agoPhone calls and in-person meetings are far less likely to end up leaving behind proof (provable in court) of information you passed to someone. If you send files, you have to first create or possess the files. That can leave behind hard evidence. Evidence that you bought a burner phone or met someone isn’t quite the same as evidence that you passed specific information. And if you're under surveillance, being shadowed, then clearly you're going to have a lot of trouble using any means.
- sitkack 10y agoFiles also contain lots of extra metadata you aren't aware of , images have EXIF (camera serial number, gps location), PDF has creator, timestamps, machine ids, etc. Files aren't just files.