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Re:The first chosen-prefix collision for SHA-1 by xmprt on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @02:36PM (#21983828)
Encrypting is still better than not encrypting and if you care about keeping your data private then you can take additional measures to ensure that. Nothing will last forever but that's not a good reason to be nihilistic.
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Re:The first chosen-prefix collision for SHA-1 by mattr47 on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @04:04PM (#21984826)
It's like locking my front door. I chose to lock the door to prevent random acts of burglary. But that lock will not stop someone determined from BnE my house.
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Re:The first chosen-prefix collision for SHA-1 by gowld on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @05:51PM (#21986056)
DES Encryption will stop someone from BnE your data.

They might BnE your key though, if you aren't careful enough.

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