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I suppose one could say this is an argument against using the "computer the size of the universe operating for a trillion trillion years"-type illustrations. Statements like that reflect the current theoretical strength of an algorithm, but unfortunately the illustrations can lead us to (wrongly) assume that flaws won't be discovered in the algorithm for that period of time, which is very much untrue and undermines the practical implications of those statements.


No arguments from me that cyptography is often explained confusingly which leads to misunderstandings.




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