[anogeorgeo at yahoo.com: ATTN: MiTH attack against SkyPE, defeates "Findnot.com"]

[coderman]

On 5/16/06, John Young <jya at pipeline.com> wrote:
> Wasn't it pointed out quite a while ago, here if no where else, that all
> digital communications and data were susceptible to covert "radiological
> tagging," including those encrypted? I don't recall what protection
> against that was proposed or developed...

zero knowledge mixing.  even tor isn't enough.


> The most valuable intelligence is obtained by human betrayal

ah, reputation and trust.  my favorite crux


> and the humongous hardware on land, undersea and space
> which gets credit is an effective cloak.

human minds don't recall verbatim digital detail in bulk.  while i
agree there is more pork than effectiveness behind these systems, they
no doubt contribute significantly.

leveraging meatspace weakness for visibility into dark stores of data
seems especially useful.  keys are keys and digital data doesn't
age...

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4921690.stm
"Catching sight of a pretty woman really is enough to throw a man's
decision-making skills into disarray."

oldest tricks are the best tricks i suppose.  they did send an
attractive fed chick to probe for info at DC13 while running the
blackbox challenge.  i'll take that over a rubber hose any day...
*grin*