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Your Fedex scenario wouldn't work if both the disk or key were compromised mid-transit. You might not know that someone sneaked a glance at the key or if they
by joshvm 12y ago
Your Fedex scenario wouldn't work if both the disk or key were compromised mid-transit. You might not know that someone sneaked a glance at the key or if they managed to clone the drive, but if they're sniffing all your mail then you've just given them the keys and the data.
- Buge 12y agoIsn't this SSD also vulnerable if the key is compromised?
- Perseids 12y agoThat's why I was writing about a "messenger" specifically. I was thinking about someone you can trust, if need be, yourself. If this messenger assures you the key wasn't spied upon, you can use the key. If you can't even get a courier with a sealed envelope to the location, then you probably won't get any encrypted or otherwise protected data in there, anyway. This level of security is ridiculous for almost everyone, of course. But we are talking about a self destructing SSD, which you want to send via courier to initiate the destruct, as an alternative. So I think this is a fair comparison.