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by jeffrallen 1571 days ago
OP should use rot14, it's more secure. /s
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double rot13 has an unfortunate meet-in-the-middle weakness but triple rot13 was invented for this very purpose. I hope he makes the upgrade.
For anyone not in on the joke, this is a real crypto concept/weakness/attack https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meet-in-the-middle_attack (obviously only a joke with rot13). It's most famously the reason that 3DES is a thing, instead of just double.
Thanks, and I'm happy this joke I've been saving landed on its feet when I threw it out.