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by reagent_finder 2186 days ago
"Reasonable" is a stretch, "interesting" is the right word. Personally I'd put this in the "Oh, huh" box along with quantum crypto. It's interesting, it's complex and it's got way too many engineering hours behind it... but ultimately for 99% of people or even 99% of computer scientists or HN readers, it's just fascinating trivia.

I absolutely appreciate these posts, this guy spent WEEKS delving into the depths of SnapChat just for the joy of discovery.

Maybe a good classification would be that part 1 is detailing a number of obfuscation techniques and the key thing to take away is that all of them CAN be bypassed.