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- whatwhatwhat 16y agoAnd what if PGP were modded to use combinations of words out of the dictionary (human readable) as public keys? I have no idea how that would even be possible, but it seems to be theoretically possible, and that would satisfy all three requirements: security, decentralization, and human-meaningful. I probably missed something.
- SamReidHughes 16y agoWhat is human-meaningful about destructively omnipresence stiff fathom bushwhacked parasailing jumbotron articulated sline comonad ephemeral xenophile butt headphones liquid turquoise soar classic pantheon?
- whatwhatwhat 16y agoI can read it to you over the phone? Or even more simply... I can just read it
- randomtask 16y agoMarc Stiegler's essay on Petname systems is a far better introduction (it's listed in the external links). http://www.skyhunter.com/marcs/petnames/IntroPetNames.html http://www.skyhunter.com/marcs/petnames/IntroPetNames.html He uses the term memorable rather than human-meaningful, which is a more accurate description I think.
- benatkin 16y agoDictionary words can get mixed up on the phone. I sometimes find myself asking for words to be spelled out when I talk on the phone.
- wmf 16y agoIn this context, human-meaningful really means human-chosen. With public-key crypto, you don't get to choose what your public key is.
- endtime 16y agoThat would require either a drastic reduction in the size of the key space, or a drastic increase in key size.