Interesting. If Lin doesn't have the file, then why give Lin the password to give to us?
Maybe this is to communicate the password to the file holders without flagging them? Or maybe the key master doesn't know who the file keepers are, so it needs to be a broadcast?
Heard that it's a popular (?) self-protection tactic in the intelligence community. A countermeasure for in case the security line is compromised and one's device containing critical file(s) is seized by the opponent.
Interesting. If Lin doesn't have the file, then why give Lin the password to give to us?
Maybe this is to communicate the password to the file holders without flagging them? Or maybe the key master doesn't know who the file keepers are, so it needs to be a broadcast?
Heard that it's a popular (?) self-protection tactic in the intelligence community. A countermeasure for in case the security line is compromised and one's device containing critical file(s) is seized by the opponent.