Author: Rhavar 2018-01-09 00:40:38
Published on: 2018-01-09T00:40:38+00:00
The author of the email suggests that plausible deniability is useful in situations where one might need to conceal certain information. He cites an example of someone traveling to the US who was asked to unlock their phone and allow a border agent to look through their apps, including Tinder, to ensure they were not involved in any illegal activity. The author also mentions that they frequently travel with a Trezor wallet, which they would be willing to unlock if asked, but doing so would only reveal one of several accounts they keep. The author hypothesizes that even if one of those accounts was for illegal activity, it would be difficult to prove without a significant police effort. The rest of the email thread discusses technical aspects of a shared private key scheme proposed by Satoshilabs. Gregory Maxwell and Pavol Rusnak discuss potential vulnerabilities in the scheme, including the possibility of partial access leading to reconstruction of the master secret or seed. They consider using a large block cipher to mitigate this vulnerability, although Maxwell doubts it is a significant concern. They also discuss the lack of versioning in the scheme and its impact on interoperability, with Rusnak arguing that introducing a version would lead to worse interoperability. There are also discussions around the use of a checksum versus ECC for checking integrity, with arguments for both sides. Overall, the email thread focuses on technical details of the proposed scheme and potential improvements.
Updated on: 2023-06-12T23:35:07.499045+00:00