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   by benchaney 11y ago

   Being two orders of magnitude more computing intensive that doing nothing isn't really an issue.
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   by benchaney 11y ago

   The cryptography example doesn't really make sense...
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   by benchaney 11y ago

   There was a pretty serious security issue in it, but it was fixed. A lot of people were predicting the end of OpenSSL, but at the end of the day, most viable alternatives came around too late for people to phase it out.
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   by benchaney 11y ago

   This is a good description, but to add on to it: If there is a pattern in the plaintext, it does not increase the probability that there is a pattern in the ciphertext. It is true that there may be patterns in the ciphertext, but they give
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   by benchaney 11y ago

   Failing to use encryption isn't good, but it isn't the same as "screwing" it's customers. Also, The connection to Ashley Madison has no technical merit. It is just for shock value. This article is really sloppily wr
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   by benchaney 11y ago

   There is no guarantee that any PRNG will be indistinguishable from random noise but a properly designed hash function will be as close as any.