Reflections from CODEMONKEY

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CodeMonkeyZ
McAfee said his deadman switch would release 30+ terabytes of data.
It isn’t easy to move 30 terabytes.

If his switch is real i expect data won’t be released for another week or two.

If the data is never released, then perhaps we could assume he never died...

CodeMonkeyZ
While it is technically easy to put 30 terabytes into a disk drive and carry it around, it is not easy to prepare that much data to be hosted without using something like a torrent.
McAfee was based out of countries or areas that are not known for great internet upload speeds. If he were to seed the data, the feds could find his network and shut it down before he finishing seeding.

CodeMonkeyZ
Mail can be intercepted in the case of mailing hard drives.
Hard drives can be found during searches if you use sneakernet.

CodeMonkeyZ
Blockchain might have been used by McAfee to store encryption keys or small documents, but there is no way to upload 30 terabytes of data to a blockchain without causing a lot of ruckus from the blockchain nodes who would then need to all store copies of the data.
Uploading that much data to the BTC blockchain would also be prohibitively expensive.

CodeMonkeyZ
One of the better ways to prepare a deadman’s switch is to have your lawyer hold the data with instructions on what to do with it if you are killed.

Things don’t always go as planned though.

 

CodeMonkeyZ
I have had a ticket open with GETTR for about a day now with no reply.
Ticket #3637

CodeMonkeyZ
A little bit of knowledge
Can be a dangerous thing;
Or it can be a vibrant seed
Giving rise to verdant forests
And awakening sleeping giants

CodeMonkeyZ
Gettr has a ton of bugs, there are rumors that antifa hackers are already getting into the systems, and strangely they chose to integrate Google intimately into the platform.

I dont think Gettr is ready for a July4 launch and i cant recommend using it at this time.

This could all change quickly if they address community issues and fix these things. Will give it another look in a week or so and see where things are.

They still haven’t replied to my email (that they confirmed as received). I offered to send them bug reports and a list of pitfalls to fix.

 

CodeMonkeyZ
Maricopa county is making a show about how they have to throw away the Dominion machines.

If they still wanted to use the machines, they could just have their Logic & Accuracy tests performed that they previously used to claim the machines were secure.

CodeMonkeyZ
If the auditors installed something that might include a backdoor into the machines, won’t the “Logic & Accuracy” tests be sufficient to show that the machines are ok?

CodeMonkeyZ
Of course at this point we have to be careful of Maricopa county installing something on the machines then claiming it was the auditors who installed it.