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Interestingly enough, Julian Assange (among others) conducted research into encrypted filesystems that relied upon deniable encryption [0]. Depending upon which
by pizza 7y ago
Interestingly enough, Julian Assange (among others) conducted research into encrypted filesystems that relied upon deniable encryption [0]. Depending upon which key you fed it, it would reveal different files.
If you had a robust solution to time-locked encryption, that in itself would be worth a lot! (Anybody keeping up to tabs on that stuff know about whether or not its achievable / what the SOTA is?)
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubberhose_(file_system) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubberhose_(file_system)
- amingilani 7y agoI'm sorry, when I said time-locked, I meant an app running in a server releases the key to you after a certain amount of time :)
- saagarjha 7y agoWhy can’t they just detain you until you get the key?
- amingilani 7y agoThey can, it'd be a waiting game at that point. But as I mentioned elsewhere, you could also add more safeguards like a friend vouching that you're safe, as well.