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The arguments for services like or @signalapp are not arbitrary. https://www.404media.co/fbi-gains-access-to-suspected-trump-shooters-password-locked-phone/ #Apple #Security (mstdn.social)

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The arguments for services like @protonmail or @signalapp are not arbitrary. https://www.404media.co/fbi-gains-access-to-suspected-trump-shooters-password-locked-phone/ #Apple #Security

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

In cryptography, rubber-hose cryptanalysis is a euphemism for the extraction of cryptographic secrets (e.g. the password to an encrypted file) from a person by coercion or torture—such as beating that person with a rubber hose, hence the name—in contrast to a mathematical or technical cryptanalytic attack.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deniable_encryption?wprov=sfti1#Scenario

[–] ineffable 6 points 4 months ago

https://xkcd.com/538/