[OTR-users] Stylometry?

[Michael Richardson]

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>>>>> "Gregory" == Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell at gmail.com> writes:
    Gregory> Beyond style masking, I had another idea... what if in
    Gregory> addition to the RSA private key, each party maintained a
    Gregory> separate long term DH key. At the beginning of every
    Gregory> conversation, a DH key negotiation takes place (inside the
    Gregory> secure channel) and a key is generated to encrypt their log
    Gregory> file of the conversation.  When the OTR session is torn
    Gregory> down they toss the key.  A user, in isolation, would be
    Gregory> unable to reveal the logs even under duress.

  Okay, that addresses the situation where a user is under duress.

  But, the problem you are trying to solve is akin to what the "content"
industry thinks they can solve: that you can every secure information
*against* the owner of the computer you are transmitting it to.

  I think that a routine to shovel all your text out to
google/alta-vista/babel translators through three languages and back to
your native one would be better.
  All meaning in your words would be gone :-)

    Gregory> If I were designing an IM system, I would find it idiotic
    Gregory> to make all client to client traffic go through some
    Gregory> servers I ran, both from a traffic perspective and from the
    Gregory> liability of being asked to monitor the traffic.... But

  well, got to rid the world of NATs :-)

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