[Freedombox-discuss] Roadmap / Wishlists

[Drachen Birch]

On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 6:44 AM, AnotherPeasant<versparis at gmail.com>  wrote:

> >  On 04/16/2011 08:35 PM, Sandy Harris wrote:
>> >>
>> >>  On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 7:51 AM, AnotherPeasant<versparis at gmail.com>
>> >>    wrote:
>> >>
>>> >>>  There should be an easy way for any user, even one not familiar with CLI,
>>> >>>  to
>>> >>>  "self-destruct" their FB.  I mean  secure data deletions, as fast and as
>>> >>>  complete as possible.
>> >>
>> >>  Deletion is not the only way. Any encrypted data can be made unreadable
>> >>  instantly simply by destroying the key. This is much faster, but it does
>> >>  not
>> >>  provide deniability. If you are dealing with people who will try to beat
>> >>  the
>> >>  key out of you, that could be a major problem.
>> >>
>> >>  Of course such people will likely try to beat the information out of you
>> >>  whatever you do to protect it, so having an unreadable lump of
>> >>  encrypted data may in practice be no worse than having a bricked
>> >>  machine.
>> >>
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> >
> >  My thought was not that it would help the owner of a particular FrBx.  -But
> >  it might be a way to protect friends and associates from being known or
> >  inferred.  -Limiting damage to your social net if you go down, that's all.
> >    Even if they beat quite a lot out of you, they would almost certainly miss
> >  a lot, too.  That's why I leaned towards actually shredding the data.  Seems
> >  like shredding the key should be first on the list, though, just for the
> >  speed.