<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 11:06 AM, Michael Rogers <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:michael@briarproject.org" target="_blank">michael@briarproject.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">I think that might be optimistic - the phonetic alphabet has been</span><br>
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around for a long time, and has far more uses than comparing<br>
fingerprints, but it's still not so widely known that you can assume<br>
any random person you want to share information with will know it.</blockquote><div><br></div><div>The approach I'd like to try is forcing people to authenticate keys by encrypting them using a password-derived key (and randomly generating passwords from English words). I can't control how they'll communicate the words, but I can at least encourage people to use a quick (phone call if possible.</div>
<div><br></div></div>-- <br>Tony Arcieri<br>
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