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I just saw that and facepalmed as well. Beyond the sheer number of attacks you can perpetrate on RSA versus AES (never mind in the browser), MEGA is using 2048-
by bascule 14y ago
I just saw that and facepalmed as well. Beyond the sheer number of attacks you can perpetrate on RSA versus AES (never mind in the browser), MEGA is using 2048-bit RSA, which has a 112-bit security level, versus 128-bit AES.
Symmetric ciphers are used almost exclusively for the encryption of large files. They're more secure, faster, and easier to work with.