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What do super computers have to do with hacking?
by ethbr0 5y ago
What do super computers have to do with hacking?
- tspike 5y agoThe most immediate use case that comes to mind is breaking encryption.
- speed_spread 5y agoSuccessfully hacking the Gibson it the ultimate challenge!
- godelski 5y agoNot really much, but it was giving an example of the costs of computing in general. More like an upper bound. That you could buy crazy expensive computers and it would cost nowhere near what actual weapons systems cost. I was just trying to say that the cost for hacking is more in man power rather than machinery. And man power is far cheaper than machinery.