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by be21 3453 days ago
Nazi Enigma encryption was cracked, because they encrypted everything, even repetitive information like weather reports. Https for everything is promoted by NSA.
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Ao7bei3s 3453 days ago
Modern ciphers are designed to resist chosen plaintext attacks.
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andrewpe 3453 days ago
Might need to read up on modern ciphers. They are protected against this kind of attack.
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