SoullessAutomaton comments on Open Thread: March 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: SoullessAutomaton 02 March 2010 03:12:06AM 2 points [-]

All else equal, in practical terms you should probably devote all your time to first finding the person(s) that already know the private keys, and then patiently persuading them to share. I believe the technical term for this is "rubber hose cryptanalysis".