On 03/27/2015 09:02 PM, Juan wrote:
Seems to me that it's rather easy for terrorists to create simple hardware for at least secure text messaging (or more).
The recipe goes something like this :
1) a microcontroller. 2) a keyboard 3) an 'old' lcd text display 4) eeprom memory - sd card 5) a bunch of discrete components for a noise generator.
The idea is to mix all those ingredients plus code to get a system that can
1) generate random data to be used as key in 'one time pad' encryption 2) input text messages (and encrypt them of course) 3) decrypt text messages to the screen
(if the microcontroller can act as an usb host it maybe possible to get data from devices like cameras and encrypt it)
The thing is, distribution of the key material should be trivial for any 'terrist' worth his salt. So the only drawback of the allegedly secure one time pad isn't really an issue.
I'm guessing that any real 'spies' out there have been using something like this for a while.
It took Red Teamers to clean up the US Armies act. They were also interspersed with Special Ops teams to disrupt the enemy communications in battle. So, yes, in a way.