Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!sun-barr!apple!landon From: landon@Apple.COM (Landon Dyer) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: "Bad" backups Message-ID: <46473@apple.Apple.COM> Date: 11 Nov 90 00:10:16 GMT References: Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA Lines: 24 In article , writes: > A computer that you have responsibility for had a file on it > that contained fraudulently obtained information, perhaps credit card > numbers of celebrities or public officials. The file has been removed, > but you know that it's on regular backups that were made of that computer, > going as far back as six months. These backups represent protection against > disaster for you and the computer's users. As an additional prescription against disaster, encrypt the backups. This gives you: o Plausible deniability. "Gosh, sir, it looks like *all* of my backups are bad like this. Holy cow!" o The ability to stonewall. The interesting question is, are you required to reveal the key if your backups are siezed? Ah, but human memory can be _so_ frail.... -- Landon Dyer (landon@apple.com) ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: making the merry-go-round SPIN FASTER Apple Computer, Inc. :: so that everyone has to HOLD ON TIGHTER NOT THE VIEWS OF APPLE COMPUTER :: just to keep from being THROWN TO THE WOLVES