[tor-talk] WSJ- Google- Sonic Mr. Applebaum

[Julian Yon]

On 11/10/11 09:07, Eugen Leitl wrote:
>> At one point or another they just apply rubberhose crypto thus don't
>> make it too difficult.
> Why do you bother breathing? You'll die, anyway.

I think you missed the point Jeroen was making there. If Mallory
*really* wants to compromise your server, there will be a level of
security beyond which a gun to your children's heads is the most
cost-effective attack. In most people's threat models, they'd rather
take their chances with compromised data than with their kids' lives. In
such a model, making the server too secure can itself be a risk.


Julian

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3072D/D2DE707D Julian Yon (2011 General Use) <pgp.2011 at jry.me>

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