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Re:Cryptography May Not Be Dead, But It Is on Life Support by AnimalMuppet on Tuesday January 21, 2014 @04:50PM (#7098746)
Also note that truly random data can encrypt other data simply by XORing it. That is, truly random data can in fact be a cryptographic key, if you use it as one.
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