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> to wind back all the things that can perform it, meaning all computers Beware, they are attempting this. It's a big project; UEFI, secure boot, and the end
by KirillPanov 3y ago
> to wind back all the things that can perform it, meaning all computers
Beware, they are attempting this.
It's a big project; UEFI, secure boot, and the end of General Purpose Computing. But they will throw absolutely everything they have into this Hail Mary plan, and the chip fabs are a chokepoint...
- ben_w 3y agoWhen I said "all computers" I wasn't being metaphorical. Do you have something that can XOR two blob of data? Doesn't matter how, if this is JavaScript on a web page, or an app: if it can XOR, it can do a one-time-pad, which is unbreakable encryption. The hard part of that way of encrypting things has always been sharing the key, but if you're in a criminal gang, or if you're actually trying to undermine a government, you can share the key in person. None of the things you've listed are even remotely sufficient to prevent unbreakable cryptography. Strictly speaking you don't even need computers: even a handful of transistors soldered up right would do this.