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> If he used a one-time-pad (Vernam cipher) and kept the key on his person he'd be in a far better position, but he's apparently too stupid to do this. How do you use a one-time pad?

A 1.4 GB key... Yeahhhhhh, very practical.

edit: and btw I hope you're also confident on the quality of your RNG to output 1.4 GB of random bytes.



I don't get it. You seem to be inferring that it's impractical to store a couple of gigabytes on your person.


I've changed my mind.

The problem isn't with storing that 1.4 GB, it's with distributing it quickly to very many people.

Something much smaller is just a copy-pastable string that'll find its way into Wikipedia edit summaries or onto t-shirts or whatever.


It is difficult to store a couple of gigabytes, withstand a potentially intrusive search incident to arrest or intelligence action (i.e. on the Gulfstream, wearing a hood...) without that data being found or destroyed or removed from your control, and then widely disseminate that information while held in detention, potentially incommunicado, etc.




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