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Re:"Unbreakable" Encryption Almost Certainly Isn't by voidlogic on Tuesday April 08, 2014 @11:36AM (#7554016)
Exactly, men with guns secure the one time pad. The data sent using that pad is secure.

Nit: I would consider one time pad to be a method of encryption.

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Re:"Unbreakable" Encryption Almost Certainly Isn't by omh on Tuesday April 08, 2014 @12:23PM (#7554367)
Nit: I would consider one time pad to be a method of encryption.

Ah, true. But the encryption algorithm is much simpler to implement than most :-)

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