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So, implications-wise: where is the rub here? Where can this be used or exploited for fun or profit?
by Obscurity4340 3y ago
So, implications-wise: where is the rub here? Where can this be used or exploited for fun or profit?
- rootw0rm 3y ago1.) Pick one of the old abandoned Bitcoin addresses 2.) Start looking for a key match using this technique 3.) Heat death of the universe 4.) Profit!
- Obscurity4340 3y agoI wonder how many of the Lastpass vaults had the private keys in the very unencrypted notes sections...
- Dylan16807 3y agoFind somewhere people look at only a small fraction of a hash? That's mostly git commits.
- rawling 3y agoOh, that's evil. In some places my tooling only shows 7 digits of the git SHA. I wonder how hard it would be to write something to tweak my commits until those are all the same. And I wonder how long it would take until someone noticed...