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by paulpauper 2704 days ago
knowing the IV does not allow one to crack the message https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3225640/how-to-decrypt-a...

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3225640/how-to-decrypt-a...

the odds of the 7zip generator choosing an IV that corresponds to a re-USED IV for the same first block for a different message are very small and one would need to have access to this message

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Once again, no, CBC IVs need to be unpredictable.