D02 · Deep dive
Encrypted Isn't Private: Confidentiality, Attribution Resistance and Low Signature
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Why "it's encrypted, so it's private" is a category error. This deep dive separates the three properties most privacy advice blurs together, confidentiality, attribution resistance and low signature, with the mechanism behind each, two counter-examples where one is strong and another fails, and the kit's four explicit non-goals.
What you’ll learn
- Define each property and its mechanism
- See how one can be strong while another fails
- Know the four explicit non-goals
Chapters
The honest limits
The duress PIN is not a coercion defence. An unlocked phone in someone else's hands identifies its user. The kit is data-minimised, not anonymous, and low signature is conditional, never invisibility.