A CRYPTO NERD'S IMAGINATION: HIS LAPTOP'S ENCRYPTED. LET'S BUILD A MILLION-DOLLAR CLUSTER TO CRACK IT. NO GOOD! IT'S 4096-BIT RSA! BLAST! OUR EVIL PL

A CRYPTO NERD'S IMAGINATION: HIS LAPTOP'S ENCRYPTED. LET'S BUILD A MILLION-DOLLAR CLUSTER TO CRACK IT. NO GOOD! IT'S 4096-BIT RSA! BLAST! OUR EVIL PLAN IS FOILED!" ---- WHAT WOULD ACTUALLY HAPPEN: HIS LAPTOP'S ENCRYPTED. DRUG HIM AND HIT HIM WITH THIS $5 WRENCH UNTIL HE TELLS US THE PASSWORD. Note1: xkcd/538 Note2: I'm missing images on hacker news. I understand why they are absent here though