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Spies still super upset they can't get at your encrypted comms data

JohnFen

" If you are going to send messages that might interest the CIA or its friends, I'd strongly recommend the use of one time pads."

I agree, but only with properly made and used one time pads. It's harder to properly generate those pads than it first appears!

Outside of properly made and used ont-time pads, there is no encryption which is actually impossible to break. That's why the point of encryption isn't to keep a secret forever, it's to keep a secret long enough that by the time its revealed, it's worthless.

That said, the greatest threat vector for the vast majority of the population who don't live in tyrannical states isn't from government at all, it's from corporations and criminal enterprises, and strong crypto is plenty effective against those. Taking protective measures is a great idea even if those measures aren't 100% effective.

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