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If the flaw in the crypto of such magnitude is discovered, the exposure of your message history will be the least of your problems.
by atemerev 10y ago
If the flaw in the crypto of such magnitude is discovered, the exposure of your message history will be the least of your problems.
- mintplant 10y agoThat doesn't really do anything to assuage my concern. Crypto bugs are discovered in software all the time.
- problems 10y agoYou're right, crypto bugs are discovered in software all the time. However, many of these bugs rely on highly active attacks, oracles, etc. Very few allow offline decryption, For that you'd have to do something incredibly stupid and easy to catch like reuse the same key and IV for multiple messages. Higher level cryptography libraries like nacl prevent these concerns almost entirely.
- atemerev 10y agoBitcoin core is self-contained crypto bug bounty program :) Rewards are enormous.
- drzaiusapelord 10y agoNot really. Not all crypto failures are the math failing or quantum computers suddenly becoming cheap and effective. Its usually just a bad implementation of a solid concept. The bad implementation allows for some side-channel attack and off you go.