One of the most devastating attacks against cryptography ("crypto") are timing side channel attacks. If the attacker can learn how much time a given crypto rou

One of the most devastating attacks against cryptography ("crypto") are timing side channel attacks. If the attacker can learn how much time a given crypto routine takes for differing inputs in a system being attacked, they can often pry to locked crypto box wide open and access the protected data inside. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timing_attack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timing_attack