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You would still expect some amount of file structure, ex byte headers or something at the beginning/end of file. no?
by bwiggs 6mo ago
You would still expect some amount of file structure, ex byte headers or something at the beginning/end of file. no?
- Crestwave 6mo agoThat would be expected for encodings or container file formats. Straight-up encryption like AES produces results that are visually indistinguishable from random data.
- throwawaysoxjje 6mo agoI’d expect the greater length of the encrypted data (which should look random) vs the structured header/footer to rapidly push the Shannon entropy to the maximum
- wang_li 6mo agoNo. Why would you? Encrypted data should look no different than random. The app figures out if it is the app's data after it attempts to decode it.