[ale] evernote security breach

[Pete Hardie]

There was an old joke about using the text f the 5th Amendment as a
passphrase to avoid contempt charges when asked under judicial orders for
the passphrase

Pete Hardie
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On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 10:22 AM, Tim Watts <tim at cliftonfarm.org> wrote:

> On Tue, 2013-03-05 at 12:37 +0000, Watson, Keith wrote:
> > Ron,
> >
> > Use a pass phrase. They are easy to type and when they reach 15
> > characters or more, very difficult to crack.
> >
> > Example pass prase:
> >
> > OK so you think you can brute force this pass phrase. Good luck.
> >
> Of course, that particular pass phrase may require a few extra
> "iterations" of rubber hose decryption. :-)  Also, may want to avoid
> phrases like "You'll have beat me to bloody pulp before I give it to
> you".
>
> > Like I said easy to type and remember, very difficult to crack. It
> > would be easier use rubber hose cryptography to get the pass phrase.
> >
> > keith
> >
>
>
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