On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 5:06 AM, <dan@geer.org> wrote:
... At the same time, obscurity most assuredly *is* a species of privacy.
an interesting corollary is obscurity as cost factor / lower bound effort for various attacks in your threat model. more opsec, less information theoretic bounds against discrimination from background...
In the meantime, everyone on this list is [exceptionally privileged...]
alas, privilege below truly absurd[0] apparently insufficient shield from the whims of malevolent prosecution and arbitrary retribution... regarding the original subject: if some perceived method of deterrence (or at best deferment) is attained, is that action itself high risk years later as attempts to redress thwarted efforts are redoubled? or said another way: is deterrence a continual escalation until nullified, once applied in even a single instance? i have seen rare instances of quid pro quo applied instead of other pressures. we get to watch (copy exfil data), you get to walk to away... this is hardly sustainable nor continual however. best regards, 0. investment banking a position of absurd privilege, fraud and conspiracy and other felonies in this domain rarely lead to more than symbolic gestures and slaps on the wrist!