
Originally Posted by
bigbird
It's a RTF file. You think thats encrypted? Also SOD PGP encryption may not be hacked, but there is decryption software all over the net. Just pointing it out. Not disagreeing with you.
bigbird
Yeah I saw that software it runs about $300 I think? That is if you are referring to Elcomsofts software? I don't mind if anyone disagrees with me but its the "tone" they use. You have been respectful in your questioning of "Hey isn't there software that can break that"? This is how we learn about things. And the short answer is YES if you are complacent and lazy as this article says. Otherwise it essentially is not broken. Unless there is something I haven't seen on this and again that is how we learn. I don't know everything and I'm open to being corrected. What I'm not open to is Grave Digger constantly telling me "You don't know what you're talking about" without posting anything to back it up.
From what I'm reading you need to have certain criteria present to be able to retrieve the password.
Code:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/12/20/elcomsoft_tool_decrypts_pgp/
in the right conditions, can be circumvented thanks to human laziness:
As a result, keys used to encrypt and decrypt data that’s being written or read from protected volumes are kept readily accessible in the computer’s operating memory.
Encrypted drives must be mounted at the time a memory dump is taken or else the process will fail to work. For this and other reasons, considerable skill and some luck is needed to use the tool properly.
Now I'm sure this is info. that the Feds and DN/Nagra or whoever else would have a vested interest in knowing whats on your HDD would rather doesn't get out but its public information.