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[Chick Tower]

The interviewer asked if everything is encrypted with a key only the 
user has, won't the government tip him or her off when they ask for the 
key.  Merrill said no, and gave an actual example.  An alleged Mafia don 
was encrypting all his e-mail, and the government got permission to tap 
his electronic communications, but the e-mail was encrypted.  So, while 
the guy was away from home, they broke in and installed a key-logger on 
his PC, and then used the password they retrieved to read all the e-mail 
they had captured, gathering enough evidence to arrest the guy.


                                Chick

On 05/06/2012 07:48 PM, Clay Dowling wrote:
> On 5/6/2012 2:17 PM, Chick Tower wrote:
>> If you're searching to enhance your privacy, here's a project worth
>> watching. I heard about it on NPR's "On the Media" today.
> It's a lovely concept, but you should keep in mind the $5 wrench
> solution still works against his network.
>
> http://xkcd.com/538/
>
> Clay
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