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They might've purchased a decryption key from some dark corner of the internet and after failing to trace the money to the bad-guy they're now hoping to track h
by __MatrixMan__ 5y ago
They might've purchased a decryption key from some dark corner of the internet and after failing to trace the money to the bad-guy they're now hoping to track him down by IP address. Probably it would surface in court that you're not the bad guy they're after, but who knows what kind of bad things they'll do to you in the meantime.
- snvzz 5y agoThey might own the legendary key that turns your seemingly random data into very illegal data. plot twist: It's an one-time pad to xor your data against. (and of course, they wouldn't generate it from XORing your data against illegal data...)
- Infernal 5y agoWell this is a terrifying idea. Is this a hypothetical or do we know of an instance where such a “key” was invented?
- hda2 5y agoIn around 1900 i think. It's simple for anyone to create an xor "key" for anything.
- Infernal 5y agoI phrased my comment poorly. Do we know of a case where cops or prosecutors have actually faked such a “key”? If so, it’s terrifying that you could have any encrypted data, with cops and their invented xor “keys” claiming your data is whatever they want it to be.
- ArneBab 5y agoOr that you could have unencrypted data, that cops could xor into illegal data. I bet you’re just using those unencrypted images to hide evil stuff with steganography! We found illegal content by xoring our totally not invented xor "keys" with the noise in your JPEGs!
- swebs 5y agoI don't know of any widespread consumer encryption tools that use a one time pad. For comparison, a standard RSA key is 4kb.
- aaa_____ 5y agoMost cop-tech is just plausible-deniability for jury who are not tech-aware. Dogs, polygraphs, informational pre-crime tools.