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by revolvingocelot 1098 days ago
I prefer the term "5 dollar wrench attack" [0], per the relevant xkcd.

[0] https://xkcd.com/538/

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that comic is an ugly pimple on computer security's ass that keeps coming back.

there's a massive difference between giving away your keys and being compromised without your knowledge.

not to mention that are ways to secure data in a way that different keys yield different valid results with plausible deniability.