WikiLeaks insurance password (possibly) incoming!

Just a thought about this "Activate Reston5" statement that wikileaks twittered mot long ago.

I only know that "Reston" is a district in Virginia, because knowledgeable members mentioned it -- and as that's near Washington I suppose it would be logical for US-based members to think of that place anyway.

However, not being an American I was thinking along a different line. In twitter, people habitually pack a lot into a short message (as they have to anyway). So okay, what if the statement has no connection to the Reston location at all, but actually means something like: "Activate the rest on 5"?

"The rest" could mean all that stuff that's in the file... Maybe they are now going to activate it (ie release the key) "on 5". On five what? Hard to say. If the word "Reston" is a deliberate deception ploy, we could substitute the preposition "in" for "on".

Activate the rest in five hours... or days.

Just an idea and I know it's a bit obtuse, but not too great a stretch. Any thoughts?

EDIT: just by the way, is there a station, channel or online site simply called "Five" (or just "5") or even its Latin equivalent of "V"? If so, then it could be released somehow on that site/station.

Mike

IMO, they have released this as "their insurance" if the government attacks them in any way, by basically having backups from everyone downloading it so they wont ever lose the file. And once sh** hits the fan, they can release the password to the public. So for right now they just need as much people to download it to then be able to release the password in the future. It is very possible that this file can include certain "information" that can really open up truth to a lot of things that the government doesnt want the public to know! Therefore it being their "insurance". Once again just an idea

Side note, didnt somebody discover that if you underclocked a pentium 4, and did something to where it created errors in such a way that it cracked... AES or RSA in a matter of hours? I dont remember much.

reply to post by JustMike

Reston is capitalized for a reason
meaning it a proper noun

Did anybody try Reston5 as the password for the insurance file??

reply to post by shiman


Yup it gives a decryption error, so we can't confirm whether or not it's the password.

It might be, but in a different format or something.

I'm looking into it now.

~Keeper

just had a scary thought

what if this file is actually a video file
that turns us all into MKULTRA
Assassins and then anarchy
then they have their martial law.
Nah, just my imagination
i spose

In my opinion I wouldn't worry to much about the men in black coming after you for downloading the file or even opening it. What I would be worried about is after opening up the file and having your computer completely hacked either by the government or whoever is attached with the files. I'm sure there is alot that could be done to screw up every computer that has the file on it. And I don't find it that hard to believe that this file could be tracked to specific computers and thats how I imagine it would be handled, not people being arrested and taken into strange rooms and interrogated.

Originally posted by fraterormus

Originally posted by Esger
Think about it. Why would they release a big file without password? If they are in troubles they would release the password, right?
Why 2 steps?
They would only need to release the whole file without encryption and password in case of troubles.
Unnecessary step, obvious advertising campaign.

Without the 2 steps you have to choose between dissemination and insurance.

When you have dirt it that the government doesn't want out it can be used as leverage, as a form of insurance, by saying "If something happens to me, I already mailed off a copy to 10 friends to hold who will go to the press with it." Well, if the secret is that big, it's not that hard to round up where you sent a copy, especially in today's information age.

So, you want to disseminate that information to as many people as possible. The government can't round up millions of people around the world. However, if you disseminate that information in the clear (meaning without encryption), then you no longer have any leverage or insurance. You folded your hand instead of holding to see if the government you are playing poker with was bluffing or not.

By encrypting it, he was able to disseminate that information while still retaining leverage.

However, that doesn't mean it still couldn't be a variation upon a Viral Media Campaign or just plain old showboating by a media-whore to keep the attention and spotlight on him.

They still need to keep and hide the encryption key and release it in case of trouble. If they can keep and hide the key, they can hide the big file.

Originally posted by ghostsoldier

That's brilliant.

reply to post by jaynkeel


I doubt it.

There's no executable file from what I've been able to gather.

In any case if it does end up being decrypted and we get the password, I will build a test machine specifically for opening the file just to make sure.

Anybody else should do the same.

~Keeper

reply to post by tothetenthpower

maybe try the binary code
of Reston5 and see what
ya get. I didn't d/l the file.

reply to post by boondock-saint


I dont' have access to the file from my office, but here's the binary code for Reston5.

01010010011001010111001101110100011011110110111000110101

~Keeper

Douple posts...

Originally posted by tothetenthpower
Douple posts...

edit on 10/20/2010 by tothetenthpower because: (no reason given)

is that ansII or unicode?

reply to post by shiman


I just used an online converter.

www.roubaixinteractive.com...

~Keeper

Maybe "Activate Reston5" is an anagram. Spell out "five" and we get Activaterestonfive. I've been working different configurations...the best I have come up with is "A Faction Revive Test".

Anyway, it's just a thought.

reply to post by tothetenthpower


By attached to the files I don't necessarily mean an executable file within, I ment it as who is "attached" as in connected to the files.

Originally posted by tothetenthpower
reply to post by boondock-saint

 

I dont' have access to the file from my office, but here's the binary code for Reston5.

01010010011001010111001101110100011011110110111000110101

~Keeper

that's 56 characters
and thanks

reply to post by jaynkeel


Unless some form of tracker exists within the files that sends your info to another machine, then no it's not possible.

The work around is easy though, just don't connect to the internet when you open the file.

~Keeper