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RC4 crypto: Get RID of it already, say boffins

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Are we ever likely to have

*secure* encryption because it seems there are more stories about people breaking it than improving it.

Seriously, the kudos associated with breaking a cypher is deemed bigger than the kudos from creating it. As soon as we create one, someone else starts picking it apart.

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