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Can someone elaborate on the 'encrypted online conversation' they mention in the article?

by omonra 13y ago

LoganCale 13y ago
Other sources have mentioned it's just that she had a GPG public key she could give him as a result of her previous communication with people involved in Wikileaks. It's a real shame that even most investigative journalists—people especially likely to be targeted by the government and others—aren't properly encrypting their emails.
e3pi 13y ago
"....Software like that exists. One of the oldest is PGP, e-mail encryption software released in 1991. Others include OTR (for “off the record”), which enables secure instant messaging, and the Internet telephony apps Silent Circle and Redphone. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5880596 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5880596 http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/06/14/nsa-proof-encryption-exists-why-doesnt-anyone-use-it/?wprss=rss_ezra-klein http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/06/14/n...
weinzierl 13y ago
I find this question highly fascinating. On the one hand we have a lot of discussion (here on HN and elsewhere) about how to communicate secretly and anonymously with no clear conclusion. On the other hand we have a guy who managed to communicate about a highly sensitive topic with a film maker who we know was under surveillance and a journalist who most probably was as well. If anyone knows how to fly under the radar it's Snowden, Poitras and Greenwald.
revelation 13y ago
This article (1) says PGP. It also tells us that apparently professional journalists are incapable of using PGP or learning how to and that newspapers will hold confidential information for the most opportunistic moment, be that running it or selling their soul to the government. 1: https://secure.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/10/edward-snowden-glenn-greenwald_n_3416978.html https://secure.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/10/edward-snowden-...

Can someone elaborate on the 'encrypted online conversation' they mention in the article?

by omonra 13y ago

Can someone elaborate on the 'encrypted online conversation' they mention in the article?

Other sources have mentioned it's just that she had a GPG public key she could give him as a result of her previous communication with people involved in Wikileaks. It's a real shame that even most investigative journalists—people especially likely to be targeted by the government and others—aren't properly encrypting their emails.

e3pi 13y ago

"....Software like that exists. One of the oldest is PGP, e-mail encryption software released in 1991. Others include OTR (for “off the record”), which enables secure instant messaging, and the Internet telephony apps Silent Circle and Redphone. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5880596 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5880596 http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/06/14/nsa-proof-encryption-exists-why-doesnt-anyone-use-it/?wprss=rss_ezra-klein http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/06/14/n...

weinzierl 13y ago

I find this question highly fascinating. On the one hand we have a lot of discussion (here on HN and elsewhere) about how to communicate secretly and anonymously with no clear conclusion. On the other hand we have a guy who managed to communicate about a highly sensitive topic with a film maker who we know was under surveillance and a journalist who most probably was as well. If anyone knows how to fly under the radar it's Snowden, Poitras and Greenwald.

revelation 13y ago

This article (1) says PGP. It also tells us that apparently professional journalists are incapable of using PGP or learning how to and that newspapers will hold confidential information for the most opportunistic moment, be that running it or selling their soul to the government. 1: https://secure.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/10/edward-snowden-glenn-greenwald_n_3416978.html https://secure.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/10/edward-snowden-...