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To: Edward Shishkin <edward@namesys.com>
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Subject: Re: PATCH - ext2fs privacy (i.e. secure deletion) patch
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Edward Shishkin wrote:

>
>Also they will demand this random number since the court can consider it
>as a part of your secret key. So just delete your secret key without creating
>meaningless infrastructure ;)
>Edward.
>  
>
This is a good point.  A court may be able to demand your pass phrase, 
but if you rm the key itself, they can hardly expect you to have 
memorized that.....