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Re: Software Helps Rights Groups Protect Sensitive Information
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dave Howe)
Tue Jun 1 11:41:33 2004
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Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 20:20:59 +0100
From: Dave Howe <DaveHowe@gmx.co.uk>
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R. A. Hettinga wrote:
> To prevent loss or theft, the data is backed up automatically and
> redundantly on dedicated Martus servers in Manila, Toronto, Seattle and
> Budapest. Nobody can read the files without access to the original user's
> cryptography key and password -- with the exception of sophisticated
> code-cracking organizations such as the U.S. National Security Agency or
> China's Public Security Bureau.
I might be missing something here but - exactly how does a system
insecure enough that interested governments can crack it help protect
people who are releasing information concealed by those governments?
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