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Title: encrypted messenger
Post by: strongbad on September 16, 2016, 09:12:47 PM
bcuz this is the tech board now

does anyone know of a good one or use a good one? i dont like talking about drugs over facebook messenger and id like to use something more secretive
Title: Re: encrypted messenger
Post by: rdl on September 16, 2016, 09:15:30 PM
whats the one glenn used brb
Title: Re: encrypted messenger
Post by: rdl on September 16, 2016, 09:21:11 PM
oh ok so glenn used multi level encryption. so that's not appropriate. here's what his people recommend https://theintercept.com/2015/03/02/signal-iphones-encrypted-messaging-app-now-supports-text/

laura uses this
https://otr.cypherpunks.ca/

try not to overdose on marijuana!! also whatsapp supposedly uses encryption.
Title: Re: encrypted messenger
Post by: strongbad on September 16, 2016, 09:24:40 PM
cool ill look into that first one. now to convince all my friends to stop using facebook messenger (impossible)
Title: Re: encrypted messenger
Post by: Socks on September 16, 2016, 09:39:46 PM
are you worried about US agencies or ones from thailand, cuz i doubt they give a fuck about foreign ginger david using and talking about drugs in the middle of a quasi civil war/junta coup at the moment.
Title: Re: encrypted messenger
Post by: strongbad on September 16, 2016, 09:47:02 PM
nah us agencies but thai jail is still very scary

weed is still super illegal here but i hear you can easily pay off cops 20k baht if you get caught and they forget it
Title: Re: encrypted messenger
Post by: Socks on September 16, 2016, 09:51:10 PM
that blows my mind. a country known for prostitution, corruption and labor exploitation makes weed highly illegal wtf don't thais drink or do other things we would consider 'drugs'?
Title: Re: encrypted messenger
Post by: strongbad on September 16, 2016, 10:04:39 PM
Quote from: Socks on September 16, 2016, 09:51:10 PM
that blows my mind. a country known for prostitution, corruption and labor exploitation makes weed highly illegal wtf don't thais drink or do other things we would consider 'drugs'?

the hypocrisy in thai culture is unreal. maybe when i'm not in thailand and not scared of getting arrested ill post some stuff about the government lol
Title: Re: encrypted messenger
Post by: rdl on September 16, 2016, 10:24:55 PM
yeah definitely stop. do they chew the red thing out there? in india there's this thing called betel nut that is like tobacco that lots of people chew that's a sort of drug it provides some sort of calming affect. but people don't think it's a drug because it's not weed or opium or whatever
Title: Re: encrypted messenger
Post by: Socks on September 16, 2016, 10:37:31 PM
that reminds me of khat that the arabs chew on, similar but it's supposed to be stimulant.
Title: Re: encrypted messenger
Post by: strongbad on September 16, 2016, 11:50:25 PM
Quote from: ADX on September 16, 2016, 10:24:55 PM
yeah definitely stop. do they chew the red thing out there? in india there's this thing called betel nut that is like tobacco that lots of people chew that's a sort of drug it provides some sort of calming affect. but people don't think it's a drug because it's not weed or opium or whatever

kratom is super common here (i read a while back that 3/4ths of males use it) but it is also super illegal. apparently it grows really well here

it was funny because when i was into kratom in the states i was planning on going to thailand and was like fuck it will be impossible to get even though that's where it grows. now it is illegal back home :(
Title: Re: encrypted messenger
Post by: C.Mongler on September 17, 2016, 10:18:57 AM
just send someone a paper letter with a big padlock on it
Title: Re: encrypted messenger
Post by: strongbad on September 17, 2016, 10:43:23 AM
Quote from: C.Mongler on September 17, 2016, 10:18:57 AM
just send someone a paper letter with a big padlock on it

how do they open the padlock?
Title: Re: encrypted messenger
Post by: Ezloﺕ on September 17, 2016, 11:41:57 AM
i use signal

doesnt whatsapp also have encryption?
Title: Re: encrypted messenger
Post by: Socks on September 17, 2016, 11:53:50 AM
Quote from: antmaster5000 on September 17, 2016, 10:43:23 AM
how do they open the padlock?


with psychic powers

anyway whenever i watch old movies and they show carrier pigeon delivering secret messages complete with bad-ass little canisters attached to their legs i always marvel at the past and man's ingenuity.
might not be as efficient as today but how fucking cool would it be to have a pigeon just show up at your window sill, bringing with it information from a faraway source and heralding an important development.

hmm i just got an idea. today you could use a mini drone to deliver physical messages back and forth from one location to another! and with a carefully operated scheme it might not be too vulnerable to detection or compromise. sort of like a 21st century version of what they used back then.

i remember being fascinated with covert encryption and delivery of secretive information a few years back, reading up on cold war stuff. i forget who it was, i think leonardo davinci, but maybe benjamin franklin, wrote a diary completely backward so that you could only read it with a mirror reflecting the message correctly back to you. i even wrote a few encrypted letters only readable with my own key that i made up, comprised of standard english. nothing challenging for a computer but for pen and paper and mind still impressive as 26x26 gives 676 possible combinations for each character.

now imagine adding in numbers and an endless variety of your own symbols aka the zodiac.

foreign numbers stations broadcast radio signals from outside a country into it at pre planned times and frequencies that are only known to the covert agent and their handler. this reduces the chances of anyone else listening in unless it is by luck. the spy would write down the message, usually a series of nonsensical alphanumeric lines that could only be deciphered with a pre determined key in the possession of said spy.

there are a few of these still in use today, allegedly. look up a mysterious station broadcasting out of russia and one out of north korea. fascinating stuff.
Title: Re: encrypted messenger
Post by: Socks on September 17, 2016, 12:26:29 PM
look how daunting even a simple message with repetitive words using only a basic key is

not spaced out

fwas6rbroe4asrzqw94asrzoe83rx68olq8r4za43r8ayyq8row8erwq8xzq6saz69

spaced out

fwas6rbr oe 4asrz qw9 4asrz oe 83r x68olq8r 4za43r8 ay yq8r ow 8er wq8xzq6 saz69

key
[spoiler]
a = q
b = c
c = t
d = 9
e = r
f = y
g = b
h = 3
i = o
j = u
k = f
l = 6
m = l
n = w
o = a
p = 4
q = v
r = z
s = e
t = 8
u = x
v = h
w = s
x = 2
y = g
z = d
[/spoiler]

you get the idea now. only took 5 minutes to do but look how effective it as a simple first line of defense against intruding eyes in order to buy you some time.
Title: Re: encrypted messenger
Post by: Daddy on September 18, 2016, 12:53:32 PM
Quote from: Socks on September 17, 2016, 12:26:29 PM
look how daunting even a simple message with repetitive words using only a basic key is

not spaced out

fwas6rbroe4asrzqw94asrzoe83rx68olq8r4za43r8ayyq8row8erwq8xzq6saz69

spaced out

fwas6rbr oe 4asrz qw9 4asrz oe 83r x68olq8r 4za43r8 ay yq8r ow 8er wq8xzq6 saz69

key
[spoiler]
a = q
b = c
c = t
d = 9
e = r
f = y
g = b
h = 3
i = o
j = u
k = f
l = 6
m = l
n = w
o = a
p = 4
q = v
r = z
s = e
t = 8
u = x
v = h
w = s
x = 2
y = g
z = d
[/spoiler]

you get the idea now. only took 5 minutes to do but look how effective it as a simple first line of defense against intruding eyes in order to buy you some time.
You'd be shocked how quickly a computer program can break a cipher like this.



and for david uh i guess it depends on if you're willing to trust the app's encryption or not.

Or if you wanna just roll everything into PGP


-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA512

This is signed by me but not encrypted.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: Keybase OpenPGP v2.0.56
Comment: https://keybase.io/crypto

wsBcBAABCgAGBQJX3vA2AAoJEOqzBCAYVdX4+OMH/2QhjyDyhBLgfKOR1S4FdNAk
1Oe1GuR4kbG2Ncn1glp9qLrRzS/xLpf102aqnUjoA4A/5PhvDA9KBtFdXGHZ0J12
6RkPaFi7JhBeDdB0ZUYJOufDFr5wBbFTDM+CB/w09UThT1Pfpo/qaAlqE4UEL7jM
MpyvGQd/nQVUINWBKkP2d9gWedxyw+qz8pqWKdSsipMSFpPRl4YUWi8dizS0A/6J
YML+DnWkQTsdx8uOYpieD25DY1s5Tqtq1xiICXiZnD6GiKefsL4vGc/07fneT7L7
O3COG7SUnAQNBbhnVLvb5vIAk0AwD8K0vqIfbzEI2IYerN4afXVNGtzvGvSNSww=
=Rpjk
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----


So it can verify that I am definitely the one who wrote the message.



This, however, is encrypted and only people holding the private key for the public keys to which I wrote this can open.
-----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----
Version: Keybase OpenPGP v2.0.56
Comment: https://keybase.io/crypto

wcBMA2Fun8SyMVGTAQf/VFeiEDAsAcO891YUsbZt9/R7gmk5JyI1iqKlOjNraSY5
Xm5CgSeWOJ6qteYgpFpdLpJP0kpuIKVLYKSqcgpz/leTzdIDqPTBandAwlHGG4rI
eXppvH8dms63pKiu36yWB7m5bHysVn4nuesL6LpIBjrEc/r7u9BCGF58hw7E7ByA
eqH2Wxyv4RyOXUCsoUIXEtfpJe1qHxIByGMkjmzBvWZKaXWZngAva4r+UaGfqhif
Cmbjb2hmF1JyVvK0UIJDmPnmZdkVXiRmuLg+VXqAYogEsqoW3ZGnb753zFU6Szev
Esu8mzh9qiQHSJPrcIiHP6NdRE0z3pHunqz+MCHrf9JbATEDl9ocYXmfPrbUpHdS
UnZsfulcBkqgYE5T91vSrIQfwqwkXBfiHYbbR3c/1jHL/oGOtwJkbCLv94G02rlL
DNH3nRx+rOOvnGNxNRJKCReRO1D0WmEjyWV24g==
=vKIJ
-----END PGP MESSAGE-----


Title: Re: encrypted messenger
Post by: rdl on September 18, 2016, 12:56:10 PM
yeah i was gonna say ask jmv he does security stuff
Title: Re: encrypted messenger
Post by: Daddy on September 18, 2016, 01:03:31 PM
Quote from: ADX on September 18, 2016, 12:56:10 PM
yeah i was gonna say ask jmv he does security stuff
I'm associate director of a state agency doing computer security  baddood;

a quick search doesn't really show what algorithm they're using for encryption on whatsapp.  i'm guessing whatsapp or signal are using "good enough" encryption but like you're still risking someone losing their phone.

#topkek
Title: Re: encrypted messenger
Post by: Ezloﺕ on September 18, 2016, 01:08:24 PM
Quote from: Khadafi on September 18, 2016, 01:03:31 PM
Quote from: ADX on September 18, 2016, 12:56:10 PM
yeah i was gonna say ask jmv he does security stuff
I'm associate director of a state agency doing computer security  baddood;

a quick search doesn't really show what algorithm they're using for encryption on whatsapp.  i'm guessing whatsapp or signal are using "good enough" encryption but like you're still risking someone losing their phone.

#topkek
actually im pretty sure whatsapp is literally using the exact same encryption as signal. also signal is edward snowden-approved xD
Title: Re: encrypted messenger
Post by: rdl on September 18, 2016, 01:18:03 PM
how does one get a job in cyber security do you have to get a degree in it or do you just need to know stuff

i feel like theres good job growth there idk im looking around

also fuck you ezlo stop picking on me :\
Title: Re: encrypted messenger
Post by: Daddy on September 18, 2016, 01:24:59 PM
Quote from: ADX on September 18, 2016, 01:18:03 PM
how does one get a job in cyber security do you have to get a degree in it or do you just need to know stuff

i feel like theres good job growth there idk im looking around

also fuck you ezlo stop picking on me :\
well for me. i lucked out.

we had a breach right after i graduated and the CIO offered me a 6 month contract position to work on the new information security team (then it got extended another 6 months, then full time) but I had only studied computer science.


there's so much job growth that there's more open positions than people qualified in the field.

though a lot of companies don't pay as much as they should because they under allocate resources
Title: Re: encrypted messenger
Post by: Ezloﺕ on September 18, 2016, 01:30:54 PM
Quote from: ADX on September 18, 2016, 01:18:03 PM
how does one get a job in cyber security do you have to get a degree in it or do you just need to know stuff

i feel like theres good job growth there idk im looking around

also fuck you ezlo stop picking on me :\
huh
Title: Re: encrypted messenger
Post by: rdl on September 18, 2016, 02:57:40 PM
Quote from: Khadafi on September 18, 2016, 01:24:59 PM
Quote from: ADX on September 18, 2016, 01:18:03 PM
how does one get a job in cyber security do you have to get a degree in it or do you just need to know stuff

i feel like theres good job growth there idk im looking around

also fuck you ezlo stop picking on me :\
well for me. i lucked out.

we had a breach right after i graduated and the CIO offered me a 6 month contract position to work on the new information security team (then it got extended another 6 months, then full time) but I had only studied computer science.


there's so much job growth that there's more open positions than people qualified in the field.

though a lot of companies don't pay as much as they should because they under allocate resources
is the work interesting? i was making youtube videos with a certain large television giant, in a small office with small teams, staff pretty young too, and i literally had like 5 things to do a day that took maybe 2-3 hours tops. i didn't like it, the rest of the time was spent sitting trying to look busy, and nobody socialized ever so yeah, that gave me doubts about media work.
Title: Re: encrypted messenger
Post by: Daddy on September 19, 2016, 06:25:27 PM
Quote from: ADX on September 18, 2016, 02:57:40 PM
is the work interesting? i was making youtube videos with a certain large television giant, in a small office with small teams, staff pretty young too, and i literally had like 5 things to do a day that took maybe 2-3 hours tops. i didn't like it, the rest of the time was spent sitting trying to look busy, and nobody socialized ever so yeah, that gave me doubts about media work.
yeah lots of problem solving though if you hate having to deal with compliance with standards, laws, and policies, it can get tedious

Previously I dealt more with analysis and incident response which is fun. After the promotion a good chunk of policy and admin stuff got dumped on me. boohoo