[Cryptography] Paris attackers used OTP's: One Time Phones

J.M. Porup jm at porup.com
Wed Mar 23 18:08:09 EDT 2016


On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 12:39:49PM -0700, Henry Baker wrote:
> At 10:52 AM 3/23/2016, dan at geer.org wrote:
> >| I also don't recall hearing about terrorists buying iPhones a dozen at a time.
> >
> >Are you suggesting that having a crate of phones in the boot of your car well be seen as damning the way having a collection of lockpicks and prybars there is?
> 
> In some states, merely having an *empty* more-or-less secret compartment in your car to hide your valuables in will get your assets forfeitured, and your butt thrown in jail.

If I were in charge of newsroom security at a paper with a serious
investigations team, I'd be buying burners by the crateful.

Does that make journalism illegal now? wait, wait, don't tell me.

jmp




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