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That's a fun take, similar to the classic XKCD 538: Security. https://xkcd.com/538/ https://xkcd.com/538/
by edu 1y ago
That's a fun take, similar to the classic XKCD 538: Security. https://xkcd.com/538/ https://xkcd.com/538/
- hshdhdhehd 1y agoThe 4096 bits just stops it being so easy to surveil you that it is hyper-automated. So there is some use. The $5 wrench needs a million dollar operation to get that guy to your house.
- b112 1y agoOh come on, that's way over budget! Every time I managed such an operation, we'd just rent a van and... uh, I mean, um, I heard it costs less. <NO CARRIER>
- hshdhdhehd 1y agoIts a million dollars to the defense contractor who lobbies for more wrench attacks.
- ta1243 1y agoDepends how strong the protections of your civil society is, but it doesn't cost $1m to send a goon with a crowbar or shotgun. Sure that doesn't scale, but if you are a target you're screwed
- hshdhdhehd 1y agoThe $1m is the stuff they did to the point where they knew where to send the goon. If you are a target you are screwed. But clever crypto isn't useless.
- sigwinch 1y agoProbably used to average over $1m. Nowadays, those operations (polonium, novachuk, expending expensive KGB resources) send a signal. Otherwise, swatting your home while they drain your wallets; or threatening to swat; quite inexpensive.
- dominicrose 1y agothis is why you need a fake password that provides access to fake content that looks like the real content