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minus-squareᥫ᭡ 𐑖ミꪜᴵ𝔦 ᥫ᭡@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoaren’t they going to ask you to unlock it, or do as they do in China and run a quick scan using their special software?
minus-squaredelirious_owl@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·4 months agoThey can ask. And you can say no. Some countries might torture you, but that’s honestly low risk. And for that we have duress passwords. Special scanning software can’t defeat strong encryption with a strong passphrase
minus-squaredelirious_owl@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·4 months agoAgain, rubber hose cryptanalysis is, in fact, defeated by a duress password. We do have counter forensics tools that work against torture.
aren’t they going to ask you to unlock it, or do as they do in China and run a quick scan using their special software?
They can ask. And you can say no. Some countries might torture you, but that’s honestly low risk. And for that we have duress passwords.
Special scanning software can’t defeat strong encryption with a strong passphrase
https://xkcd.com/538/
Again, rubber hose cryptanalysis is, in fact, defeated by a duress password. We do have counter forensics tools that work against torture.