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The one-time pads could simply be a national newspaper on a particular date. Another simple method would be to add an offset to the "rendevous at XX longitude
by WalterBright 1y ago
The one-time pads could simply be a national newspaper on a particular date.
Another simple method would be to add an offset to the "rendevous at XX longitude and YY latitude" coordinates and time.
- aspenmayer 1y agoI’m reminded by your newspaper suggestion that I once read that Dread Pirate Roberts aka Ross Ulbricht had part of their setup infected by a 0-day delivered via a news website, possibly via a third party ad network, but I don’t remember the details and don’t have a source at hand, nor do I know as a matter of fact that this occurred or was merely reported or rumored. All of this is to say that I’m not sure that inconsistencies couldn’t be intentionally introduced in even the printed material to throw off encryption attempts if the source of the one-time pad were to have leaked. Knowing what is public knowledge regarding Crypto AG being compromised, I’m not willing to bet that a newspaper would be a safe bet for source material. A King James Version Bible, perhaps. On the other hand, you have more fingers, and the long arm of the law casts an even longer shadow in wartime. Multi-armed bandits exist.