They said the same thing for the encryption used on the PS3 and they were right.
Until someone found out a number in the process that was supposed to be random churned out "4" every time.
Ok, the wikileaks "insurance file" containing all the uncensored documents including names of informants in hostile countries was sent all around the internet a few years ago.
Have a look it'll be on the torrents. there's now thousands of copies.
It's encrypted with a 256bit AES key.
That's a string of 256 characters and strong encryption indeed.
Now, this one file holds the mother of all intelligence gathering.
A nation that can access this will be very happy indeed.
You can guarantee everyone's working on accessing it.
Problem is human error can defeat the strongest encryption.
The key he distributed to key followers will be written down, talked about, saved on a computer in a folder marked "super secret passwords" whatever.
Assange bet the life of a lot of people on that simple bit of encryption.
You can talk about one time pads but he didn't use them he used a very public way to insure he's not bumped off. In fact I can well imagine many foreign powers happily killing him so his followers release the code.
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Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 12:52,
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Okay, I wasn't aware that the encryption method was publicly known at this time.
As you say, that's strong encryption indeed, modulo non-technical weaknesses such as human error. We can but wait and see whether WikiLeaks screwed up in such a way.
And we can but wait and see whether they were bluffing about the contents. If not, then, as you say, they have indeed "bet the life of a lot of people" on it, and letting the key get out (deliberately or though error) would be pretty damn irresponsible however you slice it.
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