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More dangerous though. You'd need something like truecrypt, too.
by nine_k 1y ago
More dangerous though. You'd need something like truecrypt, too.
- youainti 1y agobtw, veracrypt is the name if the follow up project. truecrypt shut down over a decade ago rather abruptly, so anything labeled truecrypt today is suspect as either out of date or potential malware.
- cheeseomlit 1y agoWasn't the conspiracy theory that truecrypt got shut down because it was 'too effective', and the successor projects presumably have intentional backdoors or something?
- rOOb85 1y agoTruecrypt was likely developed by only 1 man, Paul le roux, who likely shut it down because he was on the run for being an international drug/human smuggler/cartel member. It’s kind of a crazy story. But either way both truecrypt and veracrypt were independently audited and no major flaws were found. Not sure when the last veracrypt audit was done.
- estimator7292 1y agoNah, just drop a few thousand 1GB flash drives from a plane. Load them with a tor browser, a wireguard client, and instructions on finding a remote exit. Only one copy needs to survive and it can spread very quickly and irreversibly by foot.
- ZaoLahma 1y agoYeah, this is a great approach if you're already at war with a country. If you're not and they're still allowing your planes to fly through their airspace then this is a great way to ensure that they lock your (and your friends') planes out.
- chipsrafferty 1y agoDrop them from commercial planes via the toilet?
- daflip 1y agoWhen you flush the toilet in an airplane the contents is normally vacuumed in to a holding tank which gets emptied after the plane lands.
- chipsrafferty 1y agoThen why have people died from getting hit by frozen pee icicles?
- slater 1y agopretty sure that's never happened, it's an urban legend
- GJim 1y agoPlugging in a strange USB drive? What could go wrong.
- ForOldHack 1y agoWould you like a short list, a long list or ...