William, I share your concerns, but you won't receive a standing ovation in this particular audience for voicing them. Call me a pessimist, but I have a feeling that we're already very far around the bend.
But I have some background in communications (at the physical level) and something you said jumped out at me. You mentioned organizing…
William, I share your concerns, but you won't receive a standing ovation in this particular audience for voicing them. Call me a pessimist, but I have a feeling that we're already very far around the bend.
But I have some background in communications (at the physical level) and something you said jumped out at me. You mentioned organizing via non digital modes due to the NSA's unprecidented ongoing surveilance program. I presume you include via the use of the highest encryption standards. How then? I can't think of a single secure mode in this age of massive supercomputers and AI. Obviously this is exactly the wrong place to be discussing the topic 😆 but if you have any suggested reading it would be appreciated just to satisfy my curiosity. Thanks. And soldier on, friend.
No LeMoine. I am the furthermost thing as an expert or even a novice in telecommunications and encryption.. But I am sure that NSA has the ability to break any encryption that is commercially available.
IIRC, NSA has the key to all commercial encryption, by law.
I have no reading suggestions because I wouldn't understand what I would be reading
No worries, William. I'm just an ex nerd that wishes there were a way to communicate privately anymore. Those days have passed us by, unless by way of some titan battle between competing AI interests, and even then, folks on our level wouldn't have access. But, oh wait, I just thought of a possibility: passing matchbooks on a dark street corner with EPROMS scotch taped to the inside. Velcro attachment of these carriers to small drones progralled to fly into the landing gear bay of commercial airliners destined for exotic places. Etc. Think I just got an idea for a technothriller book/movie. Thank you!
(PS: happy to know you appreciate cats. I have an orange tabby who is my very best friend! Happy TG)
I definitely understand your tabby being your best friend.
The idea of passing matchbooks is not so far fetched. Especially when one considers who is going to be in charge of the DNI, and the power of the NSA data center
How does non-digital modes include any encryption standards? He said analog as I recall. I think that means no electronic communication. With the advent of AI, I have heard even the highest encryption standard can be defeated
Summit. All commercial encryption before it is released to the public, has to have an encryption key given to the government. In other words your email is only encrypted to the recipient, and I'm not sure that those who intercept the packets can't read the email.
The problem has nothing to do with encryption Summit, but being locked out after three failed attempts at entering a password or a swipe. That is why iPhones have gone to biometrics like fingerprints , facial or retina.
And TV producers are using biometrics in their plots, holding phones to the face of a dead person, even taking an eye to use in a scanner or using a dead persons thumb. Nothing to do with encryption.
Agree re encryption vs biometric. I think we’re in agreement that encryption alone won’t be sufficient. It will need to be combined with biometric data based on physical or auditory or both characteristics, not susceptible to dead parts being held for the camera.
William, I share your concerns, but you won't receive a standing ovation in this particular audience for voicing them. Call me a pessimist, but I have a feeling that we're already very far around the bend.
But I have some background in communications (at the physical level) and something you said jumped out at me. You mentioned organizing via non digital modes due to the NSA's unprecidented ongoing surveilance program. I presume you include via the use of the highest encryption standards. How then? I can't think of a single secure mode in this age of massive supercomputers and AI. Obviously this is exactly the wrong place to be discussing the topic 😆 but if you have any suggested reading it would be appreciated just to satisfy my curiosity. Thanks. And soldier on, friend.
No LeMoine. I am the furthermost thing as an expert or even a novice in telecommunications and encryption.. But I am sure that NSA has the ability to break any encryption that is commercially available.
IIRC, NSA has the key to all commercial encryption, by law.
I have no reading suggestions because I wouldn't understand what I would be reading
Sorry.
No worries, William. I'm just an ex nerd that wishes there were a way to communicate privately anymore. Those days have passed us by, unless by way of some titan battle between competing AI interests, and even then, folks on our level wouldn't have access. But, oh wait, I just thought of a possibility: passing matchbooks on a dark street corner with EPROMS scotch taped to the inside. Velcro attachment of these carriers to small drones progralled to fly into the landing gear bay of commercial airliners destined for exotic places. Etc. Think I just got an idea for a technothriller book/movie. Thank you!
(PS: happy to know you appreciate cats. I have an orange tabby who is my very best friend! Happy TG)
I definitely understand your tabby being your best friend.
The idea of passing matchbooks is not so far fetched. Especially when one considers who is going to be in charge of the DNI, and the power of the NSA data center
How does non-digital modes include any encryption standards? He said analog as I recall. I think that means no electronic communication. With the advent of AI, I have heard even the highest encryption standard can be defeated
Summit. All commercial encryption before it is released to the public, has to have an encryption key given to the government. In other words your email is only encrypted to the recipient, and I'm not sure that those who intercept the packets can't read the email.
Then why are the police having such a hard time getting into iPhones? This is likely not relevant to the original post.
The problem has nothing to do with encryption Summit, but being locked out after three failed attempts at entering a password or a swipe. That is why iPhones have gone to biometrics like fingerprints , facial or retina.
And TV producers are using biometrics in their plots, holding phones to the face of a dead person, even taking an eye to use in a scanner or using a dead persons thumb. Nothing to do with encryption.
Agree re encryption vs biometric. I think we’re in agreement that encryption alone won’t be sufficient. It will need to be combined with biometric data based on physical or auditory or both characteristics, not susceptible to dead parts being held for the camera.