[Attrecomet]

A fitting reply to a total non-sequitur, more like. A huge corps handling of browser extensions has absolutely zero to do with encryption algorithms, and security is such a big field that "care about security" means nothing at all.

The comment was just a chance to vent anger at Google in an unproductive way.

[troq13]

It is a pretty random example, but it is meant to say that the math is rarely the limiting factor for security. People spend time thinking about this type of stuff because they like it, not because it is actually important for security.

In my mind RSA is the last instance of a mathematical development changing the game of security. After that it is twists of the same idea on more obscure mathematical objects, and pyrotechnic protocols that only the truly unhinged (ethereum people) are willing to try out in practice.