TrustLeap: provably-secure, "forever unbreakable" security

Cathal Garvey cathalgarvey at cathalgarvey.me
Sun Jan 11 11:57:47 PST 2015


On 09/01/15 20:45, rysiek wrote:
 > stf, can you please post your snakeoil tell-tale signs? I think they 
might be
 > useful here. ;-)

Quoth Stef:

 > exactly this prompted me to come up with the seven rules of thumb to 
detect
 > snakeoil:
 >
 >     not free software
 >     runs in a browser
 >     runs on a smartphone
 >     the user doesn't generate, or exclusively own the private 
encryption keys
 >     there is no threat model
 >     uses marketing-terminology like "cyber", "military-grade"
 >     neglects general sad state of host security



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