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Re:"Unbreakable" Encryption Almost Certainly Isn't by admax88q on Tuesday April 08, 2014 @11:30AM (#7553989)
No, the notion of the unbreakable one time pad is a great notion to have around.

It is the good standard for crypto systems. Yes it's unworkable in practice but that's exactly why nobody really uses it. It is useful for teaching and making comparisons.

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Re:"Unbreakable" Encryption Almost Certainly Isn't by voidlogic on Tuesday April 08, 2014 @11:34AM (#7554009)
Governments use it all the time. (Men with handcuffed briefcases and armed guards..)

Before you send your submarine to sea for example, you can provide them with many gigabytes of one time pad. They can then use this for their most secret communication.

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