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It would be a bit crazy to use incriminating information as your innocuous message after going through all the trouble of using plausible deniability though?
by gejjaxxita 13y ago
It would be a bit crazy to use incriminating information as your innocuous message after going through all the trouble of using plausible deniability though?
- Zikes 13y agoActually that makes perfect sense. You couldn't very easily plausibly deny that you provided the correct decryption key if all they found was photos of kittens, right? Better to let them find something, as opposed to detailed plans about your terrorists plans or confederates.
- TheLoneWolfling 13y agoEh, depends on what you mean by "incriminating information". In this case? Yes. A bit crazy. But in general? If I was using a hidden volume for something "deep" I'd put stuff that was technically borderline illegal (or at least frowned upon / embarrassing) on the "visible" encrypted volume. ISOs of games I own with stripped DRM, (legitimate) ebook copies of adultish graphic novels, chat logs, that sort of thing. It would make it much more deniable that I had a hidden volume. Nothing that could get me sent to jail for too long, and (probably) nothing that would ruin things long-term, but things that would be relatively embarrassing if they got out.