kGrange

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   by kGrange 13y ago

   There ought to be a good set of FOSS unit tests for those who dare implement their own crypto. For instance, you let it hook in to your PRNG, and it'll tell you if the output is random-looking enough. It wouldn't be a panacea for
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   by kGrange 13y ago

   I don't think this is about "taking a stand." As has been pointed out, Dark Tangent is himself working for the Feds. > recent revelations have made many in the community uncomfortable about this relationship. They just don
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   by kGrange 13y ago

   Most "people" don't, but if you're on Hacker News, I'm going to assume you're a little more tech-oriented than most "people." In that case, check out ToS's on the services you use. They're,
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   by kGrange 13y ago

   On salting, the author says that an attacker needs to rebuild the dictionary for each user they attack. But doesn't the attacker only need to rebuild the dictionary once, using the salt they recovered?
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   by kGrange 13y ago

   Come now, let's not editorialize titles. From http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html : Don't abuse the text field in the submission form to add commentary to links. The text field is for starting discussions. If you're submitting a l
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   by kGrange 13y ago

   Not to mention users like me, who opened it in a background tab, never even saw the video playing. I wouldn't have known it was anything but a blurry image if I hadn't seen this comment.