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by simplemath 3773 days ago
NSA data internment is not a red herring, its one of the raisin darts [sic] for crippling encrypton - the goal is to keep everything forever and mine it later. strong encryption presumably breaks that use model (save quantum computing and the miniscule possibility that p v np is somehow solved ).

In the coin you've presented, certainly [1.] is the option we should all be expecting, sadly.

Option 2 sounds damn near utopian. I'll continue, as i mentioned before, to daydream about that one.

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Option (2) is what's going to happen. It's not utopia; it's a mortal lock.
Is it supposed to say unbreakably encrypted?
thx
I admire your optimism.
raison d'ĂȘtre FYI =)

I looked only because I was trying to remember myself how to spell it.