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I use a very long, static password baked into a YubiKey (with some other measures), and I honestly don't know what the password is. Q: What's your password? A
by kabdib 8y ago
I use a very long, static password baked into a YubiKey (with some other measures), and I honestly don't know what the password is.
Q: What's your password?
A: I have no idea.
Q: How do you log into computers then?
A: I'm going to invoke my right to remain silent now, thanks.
[I am under no illusion that this actually helps the compelled decryption situation]
- staticautomatic 8y agoIRL you should be invoking your right by simply not answering the first question or any other.
- kabdib 8y agoYou are correct.
- Analemma_ 8y agoIf you ever actually get arrested, do not do this. Once you start answering questions, you forfeit your right to silence, and refusing to answer questions later can and will be taken as evidence against you. Just be silent from the beginning.
- kabdib 8y agoYou can shut up any time; there's no "Oh, you were talking, now you can't stop talking." Of course you cannot take back what escaped your mouth prior to asserting for right to remain silent.
- ThrustVectoring 8y agoThis hurts the compelled decryption situation immensely. You have a physical key that you can be forced to turn over, and then they basically have everything.
- kabdib 8y agoThere are other measures, such as a prefix or suffix ("PIN") that you can supply, so the physical key doesn't have the entire password. Otherwise, you're right. It's also useful to be able to leave the physical key at home, or with another party. ... and if you hand it to your attorney, does that count as privileged communication?