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> We stand today on the brink of a revolution in cryptography. Wow, to be able to make that the lead sentence and it turns out not to be hyperbole!
by excitom 10y ago
> We stand today on the brink of a revolution in
cryptography.
Wow, to be able to make that the lead sentence and it turns out not to be hyperbole!
- wyldfire 10y agoIn some ways, it's an understatement. It's revolutionary, period -- not just for cryptography.
- ddebernardy 10y agoUntil then you had to exchange keys ahead of time with known parties. With public/private keys, you became able to do so in real time with arbitrary third parties. I'd gather they knew full well it wouldn't hyperbole.