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by jancsika 2963 days ago
Or you could send encrypted texts with a subject line that tells how many leading zero bits are in your GPG private key. Perhaps start with keysize - 1.

Then for each new message subtract 1 from the number of leading zeros.

Now at some point Eve has to decide for herself when it's no longer worth it to brute force your messages.

Edit: clarification