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From: Stefan Claas <pollux@tilde.club>
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Subject: Re: FOSS and backdoors in the US
Date: Thu, 9 May 2024 11:33:25 +0200
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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/
-- 
Regards
Stefan