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FTA: "Wu and co make no claims about its potential security but there is clearly room for further exploration here. "
by NLips 14y ago
FTA:
"Wu and co make no claims about its potential security but there is clearly room for further exploration here. "
- swordswinger12 14y agoThey need to be more careful about using the word 'cryptography' then. Sure, crypto people and informed laypersons know this is hopelessly insecure, but all it takes is one overzealous intern implementing this in a banking application to cause a huge problem.
- NLips 14y agoThe only word I see is "encrypt", but regardless, this IS cryptography - converting to a code. You can encrypt with a Ceaser cipher, though it's not terribly secure.