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At this rate, no method of security is secure.

• adestefan 13y ago
  The most secure computer is the one locked in a room and unplugged. There has never been a method of security that is secure. The first thing you learn when dealing with security is there are tradeoffs between opportunity, time, money. and usability.
  • aroman 13y ago
    While I agree with the spirit of your post, there is in fact a method of security that is definitively unbreakable (if used correctly/precluding side-channelling): the one-time-pad. But as you imply, the reason we don't use it is because the opportunity cost and hassle of using it are too high for many uses.
    • adestefan 13y ago
      You proved my point by needing to exclude side-channel attacks. You also need keying material, and a way to communicate that material, for a one-time pad and that's vulnerable to a whole host of attacks.