The Man Who Found Forrest Fenn's Treasure
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The Man Who Found Forrest Fenn's Treasure
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#2What a great story and what a shame that people try to ruin it. I wold have been glad for the finder if he had managed to stay anonymous.
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#3Are there any cryptographic tools that would let you prove that that specific treasure has been found and not by the original hider?
You could store a private key in the treasure and use that to verify a signature, but how do you prove that the original hider no longer has a copy of that private key?
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#4America: The Land of Litigation
Re: The Man Who Found Forrest Fenn's Treasure
#5What a great story and what a shame that people try to ruin it. I wold have been glad for the finder if he had managed to stay anonymous.
Totally agreed. The spirit of the whole thing seemed about adventure, exploration, and fun. Unfortunately the reality of the finder seems to be a far different set of stress which I hope he eventually is able to escape from.
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#6America: The Land of Litigation
It's unfortunate. I'm surprised he couldn't hire a lawyer to respond to the lawsuit anonymously. The public has an interest in knowing about ongoing litigation, but maybe not before a chance to dismiss suits that are nuisances
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#7Are there any cryptographic tools that would let you prove that that specific treasure has been found and not by the original hider? You could store a private key in the treasure and use that to verify a signature, but how do you prove that the original hider no longer has a copy of that private key?
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Re: The Man Who Found Forrest Fenn's Treasure
#8Are there any cryptographic tools that would let you prove that that specific treasure has been found and not by the original hider? You could store a private key in the treasure and use that to verify a signature, but how do you prove that the original hider no longer has a copy of that private key?
Use a HSM like a yubikey or Google titan key to sign the message. There are modes where the key is generated on-device and not (without significant hacking) recoverable off device.
Then physically hide the key with said treasure.
Re: The Man Who Found Forrest Fenn's Treasure
#9America: The Land of Litigation
It's unfortunate. I'm surprised he couldn't hire a lawyer to respond to the lawsuit anonymously. The public has an interest in knowing about ongoing litigation, but maybe not before a chance to dismiss suits that are nuisances
The problem is that Fenn's family had information about his true identity that would have come out due to a New Mexico subpoena.
Re: The Man Who Found Forrest Fenn's Treasure
#10Are there any cryptographic tools that would let you prove that that specific treasure has been found and not by the original hider? You could store a private key in the treasure and use that to verify a signature, but how do you prove that the original hider no longer has a copy of that private key?
Use a HSM like a yubikey or Google titan key to sign the message. There are modes where the key is generated on-device and not (without significant hacking) recoverable off device. Then physically hide the key with said treasure.
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