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Originally posted by misinformational
Originally posted by JohnPhoenix
Isn't there a law against having and making encryption software the government cannot crack? I read about that a while back.
That's akin to a law against having a conversation that the government can't hear, or owning a safe the government can't open.
[edit on 1-8-2010 by misinformational]
Originally posted by Blazer
Originally posted by spikey
Has anyone tried 'No more secrets' (Sneakers) as the key?
Rewatch the movie, it was "too many secrets"
Hubertus Strughold was implicated in Nazi human experimentation; the aeromedical library at Brooks Air Force Base was named after him in 1977, however it was later renamed because documents from the Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal linked Strughold to medical experiments in which inmates from Dachau were tortured and killed
Originally posted by jlafleur02
Originally posted by ohhwataloser
reply to post by locster
I just downloaded it, 1422.72 mb, so I don't know what you downloaded.
Well Im going to run a few programs at this, been waiting for a chance to make this new computer do some work, maybe i'll get lucky.
I also download the file on the site called insurance. Came up as 214 mb I am located in the northeast USA. The file on my desktop, where I saved it, is called insurance.aes256
Originally posted by above
reply to post by jlafleur02
Your first download has failed probably due to high server load. The second one is correct, if you want to be sure use a torrent to download it.
Originally posted by DJM8507
The point of this file is that hopefully tens of thousands of people, world-wide download and hold onto it. If something were to happen then the key to decrypting it is released. There is no way the Government could stop thousands of copies of this file from being released. Nor would they be able to track down every available copy as once the file is downloaded by 1 person, that 1 person could redistribute it to hundreds, even thousands.
So the "Dead-Man's switch" is the decryption key, which, if something were to happen, would be released. The file most likely contains intimate details of all those involved in WikiLeaks and various government agencies who are trying to undermine them, hurt them, along with video and audio files that detail threats, possible break-ins to their facilities, or even other memorandums that show such being authorized at high levels of government in order to undermine them.
On top of that the file may contain additional extremely high-level disclosures, most likely of a "Top Secret" level.
This is a smart move, similar to having safety deposit boxes all around the world or a few key individuals with the info. But in this instance, instead of just a few individuals, we have thousands.
Originally posted by The Ghost Who Walks
Straw Glass and Bottle = Fiasco
en.wikipedia.org...
Originally posted by Faiol
www.guardian.co.uk...
read this ... its a must for anyone with half of a brain
...Assange himself is absolutely clear: "You have to start with the truth. The truth is the only way that we can get anywhere. Because any decision-making that is based upon lies or ignorance can't lead to a good conclusion."
Originally posted by SvenTheBerserK
reply to post by Nathan_Orin
I call it Logic.
I just hope for Assange sake it gets decrypted when he intends and not before.
For our sake the sooner the better.
Originally posted by Nathan_Orin
Originally posted by DJM8507
The point of this file is that hopefully tens of thousands of people, world-wide download and hold onto it. If something were to happen then the key to decrypting it is released. There is no way the Government could stop thousands of copies of this file from being released. Nor would they be able to track down every available copy as once the file is downloaded by 1 person, that 1 person could redistribute it to hundreds, even thousands.
So the "Dead-Man's switch" is the decryption key, which, if something were to happen, would be released. The file most likely contains intimate details of all those involved in WikiLeaks and various government agencies who are trying to undermine them, hurt them, along with video and audio files that detail threats, possible break-ins to their facilities, or even other memorandums that show such being authorized at high levels of government in order to undermine them.
On top of that the file may contain additional extremely high-level disclosures, most likely of a "Top Secret" level.
This is a smart move, similar to having safety deposit boxes all around the world or a few key individuals with the info. But in this instance, instead of just a few individuals, we have thousands.
wow...
quite a detailed bit of pure speculation you have there...
on the positive side, if nothing ends up happening like you've imagined, you may have a lucrative career as a novelist