Office 365..? how Microsoft handed the NSA access to encrypted messages

Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu
Tue Jul 16 19:47:58 UTC 2013


On Tue, 16 Jul 2013 10:17:46 +0200, "<<\"tei''>>>" said:
> It would be fun to make a encryptation keyboard.  A keyboard that add
> the text you write to a buffer, and wen the buffer is full, output it
> to the computer encrypted. Maybe with pgp.  Such machine would
> probably need a led with the text you are writing.
>
> That way, you coud be using Google Docs or Office 365. And the
> computer OS can have a keylogger and a backdoor.  And you will still
> be somewhat safe if pgp provide you with strong enough level of
> encryptation.

Congrats. You just re-invented the TPM chip.

(And how do you actually guarante that your keyboard doesn't have a keylogger
or a backdoor? Such things *have* been installed inside keyboards before...)
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