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The entire time I was reading this article I was wondering just what kind of data Cory Doctorow could have that is so important as to require this kind of thoug
by codyrobbins 17y ago
The entire time I was reading this article I was wondering just what kind of data Cory Doctorow could have that is so important as to require this kind of thought be put into its encryption. Does he have access to some sort of nuclear secrets? It seems to me as though he's crossed the line between 'practical' and 'unnecessarily paranoid'.
- natrius 17y agoStable governments ruling over free societies are a relatively new invention. How long do you think it will be until you are at odds with your government? This seems like his main concern. For others, corporate espionage should be a significant concern. (To the compilers of various watch lists: Peaceful odds. Peaceful.)
- anigbrowl 17y agoI'm envisioning a 22nd century Geraldo moment..."now, using this self-aware quantum computer we can finally, after many years, see inside the encrypted hard disks of Cory Doctorow, a mystery ever since a meteor fell on his lawyer's office during the reading of the will and destroyed the keys to his encrypted data! We're loading the files...it's a huge PDF! That was a popular 21st century file format, folks...let's read...hmmm....well, obviously this isn't as exciting as we had been led to believe...er...well, back to the studio!"