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[Discuss] AeroFS



Bill Ricker wrote:
> ?any cryptography with keys held by third-parties breaks Ben Franklin's
> dictum that a secret can be kept by 3 only if 2 are dead. ?

Which is a matter of trust rather than of implementation. Like I said.

> ?(sadly the current CA PKI is little better, you'd be shocked whose CA
> your browser will trust to sign *.google.com <http://google.com> .)?

Like I said. :)

Heck, I /stopped/ railing about certificate authorities long before most 
of the world ever heard of 'em. Deaf ears.

-- 
Rich P.



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