Cryptocurrency:

other.arkitech other.arkitech at protonmail.com
Sat May 23 05:33:16 PDT 2020


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On Saturday, May 23, 2020 12:21 PM, Karl <gmkarl at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, May 23, 2020, 8:05 AM other.arkitech <other.arkitech at protonmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The solution for this problem doesn't fall into the blockchain platform. The platform will delete the information if evidence signed by the right private key is presented.
>
> BSV is a blockchain platform that has been working well for me for this purpose of information preservation.
>
>> If you want to protect a piece of information from "rubberhosing" you must follow a procedure to safeguard it. for instance :
>> 1. break down your key into several parts, using the Shamir secret sharing squeme.
>> 2 spread the parts acros a distributed group of people you trust
>> 3 delete the key so nobody can force you to reveal
>> 4 the attacker must have to coherce a number of people to reconstruct the private key
>
> It is true "rubberhosing" is usually mentioned in the context of secrecy and privacy, but it can also be used to force erasure and destruction of information.  In such a case it does not matter whether it is encrypted or not: the device that holds it can be destroyed.
>
> Additionally many can indeed coerce a large number of people.  The network would need to preserve the information even if all parties purport to want it removed.  Most blockchains have pulled that off, although I imagine there are other solutions too.

storing in a single device is never secure. it must be distributed.
If you want the info never ever deleted by any means you just destroy de private key used to store it.
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