On 01/10/2016 04:38 PM, grarpamp wrote:
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Bill Cox <waywardgeek@gmail.com> Date: Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 9:38 AM Subject: [Cryptography] A possible alternative to TOR and PrivaTegrity without backdoors To: "cryptography@metzdowd.com" <cryptography@metzdowd.com>
This is an old idea, but perhaps now there might be more reason to consider it. I currently call this idea Alias. Here's my dumb data-dump on it. Thoughts?
Alias is a concept for a TOR-like Internet protocol supporting free
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Conclusion: Alias seems to provide better protection of free speech in this case.
Threat Case: A Single Government Blackmails the Rest
Suppose one of the governments involved decides to use it’s influence in the protocol to blackmail one or more of the other governments involved into agreeing to some political agenda.
TOR: If the government were the USA, it might have unique powers to track users through the TOR network. If true, the USA could refuse to reveal a French suspected terrorist unless the French government share mass surveillance data collected on it’s citizens. Is this sort of thinking too paranoid? [...]
It would usually be approached through Intelligence and/or Diplomatic channels. If it looks like the US is attempting to extort French surveillance data on French citizens, in exchange for the name of the French terrorist, I'd expect France to be disappointed at the USA, with the French looking for alternative Intelligence sources: Italians, Moroccans, Egyptians, Russians, etc. IOW, it's not good for the US to over-play its hand. But then, it all depends on the "state of play" ... Sill, diplomacy is reciprocal aide , or reciprocal "retaliations", etc. etc. One is left to wonder about the actual National Interests, and many "forces": lobbies/factions/States/regions , act on Governments at the same time. I believe History offers a Guide to Diplomacy. David