# Mystery Box

URL: /show/linux-unplugged/485/
> We dig into Shufflecake, a tool that lets Linux users hide data with plausible deniability, then let our live stream SSH into our server and see if they can discover our secret data.

- Show: [LINUX Unplugged](/show/linux-unplugged/)
- Episode: 485
- Date: 2022-11-20
- Hosts: chris, wes, brent
- Duration: 02:05:11
- Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/f31a453c-fa15-491f-8618-3f71f1d565e5/92ce32da-fde3-4c71-9f63-c2f5f019fd45.mp3



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### Episode Links

  * [Just a bunch of idiots having fun—a photo history of the LAN party](https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/11/just-a-bunch-of-idiots-having-fun-a-photo-history-of-the-lan-party/ "Just a bunch of idiots having fun—a photo history of the LAN party")
  * [Introducing Shufflecake](https://research.kudelskisecurity.com/2022/11/10/introducing-shufflecake-plausible-deniability-for-multiple-hidden-filesystems-on-linux/ "Introducing Shufflecake") — Shufflecake is a tool for Linux that allows creation of multiple hidden volumes on a storage device in such a way that it is very difficult, even under forensic inspection, to prove the existence of such volumes. Each volume is encrypted with a different secret key, scrambled across the empty space of an underlying existing storage medium, and indistinguishable from random noise when not decrypted.
  * [Hidden Filesystem Design and Improvement - Elia Anzuoni](https://infoscience.epfl.ch/record/297353 "Hidden Filesystem Design and Improvement - Elia Anzuoni") — We propose a novel design, a scheme called Shufflecake, which targets a more balanced compromise between performance and security. The level of deniability it offers, while not protecting against attacks in the most stringent threat model, is sufficient in many practical scenarios.
  * [Tommaso Gagliardoni’s Homepage](https://www.gagliardoni.net/ "Tommaso Gagliardoni’s Homepage")
  * [Linux kernel module for Shufflecake](https://codeberg.org/shufflecake/dm-sflc "Linux kernel module for Shufflecake")
  * [Shufflecake Userland Tools](https://codeberg.org/shufflecake/shufflecake-userland "Shufflecake Userland Tools")
  * [Fedora upgrade failed due to dep failure](https://imgur.com/a/7dxsqPU "Fedora upgrade failed due to dep failure")
  * [Comparing openSUSE MicroOS and Fedora Silverblue 37](https://www.ypsidanger.com/comparing-opensuse-microos-to-fedora-silverblue-37/ "Comparing openSUSE MicroOS and Fedora Silverblue 37")
  * [Scaling Mastodon is Impossible](https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2022/11/14/scaling-mastodon/ "Scaling Mastodon is Impossible")
  * [Using Mastodon for comments on a static blog](https://lottalinuxlinks.com/using-mastodon-for-comments-on-a-static-blog/ "Using Mastodon for comments on a static blog")
  * [TwitterToNitter](https://github.com/no-gravity/TwitterToNitter "TwitterToNitter") — Bookmarklet that shows the current Twitter page on Nitter. On every click it choses a random Nitter instance.
  * [libredirect](https://github.com/libredirect/libredirect "libredirect") — A web extension that redirects YouTube, Twitter, Instagram... requests to alternative privacy friendly frontends and backends.