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Why did they use USB sticks and not something that courier can chew/swallow, like MicroSD?
by mahmud 15y ago
Why did they use USB sticks and not something that courier can chew/swallow, like MicroSD?
- jrockway 15y agoWhy rely on digesting electronics when cryptography is just as secure?
- mahmud 15y agoDeniable. Cryptography doesn't do you any good if there are guys with a car battery asking you very pointed questions, like "where did you get this encrypted disk"? With MicroSD in your mouth, they wont even get the idea to question you.
- jrockway 15y agoWe didn't exactly give bin Laden a lot of time to answer any questions. We found him and shot him. Encrypted documents would have remained safe after his death, but that MicroSD would be a goldmine of information that will compromise his other operatives.
- mahmud 15y agoI was addressing the transportation step of the message, not its long term storage. From OBL to net-cafe, the dude carrying it would be safer with a MicroSD, encrypted or otherwise.
- dude_abides 15y agoI doubt if the computers in most internet cafes in remote parts of Pakistan would have MicroSD readers.
- mahmud 15y agoMicroSD to USB adapter costs $0.75 per unit to produce. I sold them out of China in 2007.