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It does. But how do you prove you have a "well done" cryptosystem? Very few "crypto" exploits are ever the issue. It's almost always easier to break some oth
by bsder 4y ago
It does. But how do you prove you have a "well done" cryptosystem?
Very few "crypto" exploits are ever the issue. It's almost always easier to break some other part of the system than the crypto.
To be honest, if someone were trying to sell me a cryptosystem for a criminal enterprise and I were in the market for one, I'd happily start tracing everybody in that company as they are almost certainly part of the Feds.
If you are the target of a nation state actor, you're pretty much fucked. Once a nation decides to put down that much resource to get you, you're getting gotten.
Crypto is only valuable in the sense of "I don't have to outrun the hungry tiger. I just have to outrun you so the tiger stops chasing me to eat." If you, specifically, are a target, crypto won't help you much.
- newZWhoDis 4y agoSounds to me like the best criminals become nations.
- toss1 4y agoYup, Russia, China, North Korea, all authoritarian states
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