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Re:Lavabit returning in 19 days by kevinbowman on Sunday January 01, 2017 @08:52AM (#13295719)
From StackOverflow [0]:

"We can't implement "AES 512 key size" because AES is defined for key sizes k∈{128,192,256} bits only; much like we can't make a bicycle with 3 wheels."

[0] http://crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/20253/why-we-cant-...

Re:Lavabit returning in 19 days by shshhdhs on Sunday January 01, 2017 @09:31AM (#13295828)
I was about to disagree with the bicycle analogy, and realized that a tricycle is indeed different than a bicycle, at least by name & definition. Clever analogy.
Re:Lavabit returning in 19 days by chrismorgan on Sunday January 01, 2017 @09:34AM (#13295832)
I love my recumbent tricycle. Legally it’s a bicycle; the fact that it happens to have three wheels is irrelevant.
Re:Lavabit returning in 19 days by gruez on Sunday January 01, 2017 @11:06AM (#13296119)
Not to mention that 128bits is secure enough for the foreseeable future