Re: FOSS and backdoors in the US

Chris M. Thomasson wrote:

On 5/8/2024 9:27 PM, Marco Moock wrote:

Am 07.05.2024 18:20 Uhr schrieb Edward Teach:
 

Backdoors.
>
When people use PRIVATE ENCRYPTION BEFORE any messaging enters a
public channel.......
>
......backdoors are the least of their worries!

 
Isn't enough. There is a time when that message is unencrypted (e.g.
when entering it to the crypto application). The operating system can
then read the cleartext. If the backdoor is in the OS, X11 etc., it
still works here.
 

 
Go to a 100% "clean room", cloaked, cannot receive and/or send anything...
 
Encrypt a message on a clean thumb drive. Take out the clean disk with a
single file on it. Destroy the computer... Exit the clean room. This
disk contains an encrypted file.
 
Is it safe?

To expensive I would say. Better use secure pencil and paper ciphers.

BTW. You can also purchase Faraday equipment, relatively cheap and use
a second offline mini notebook with it. I purchased such things from
China[1] and the U.S.[2]

[1] <https://www.bing.com/shop?q=emf+rf+shielding+nickel+copper+fabric+from+china&FORM=SHOPPA&originIGUID=56F802844E0A485EBC37D87DA405CAC0>

[2] https://mosequipment.com/
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Regards
Stefan