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Old 09-12-2009, 01:28 AM
Matt L Matt L is offline
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Originally Posted by Fulcrum525 View Post
Most electronic encryption is based on a mathmatical formula which can be cracked given time and effort.
True enough. You will now the contents of the information sometime in the next few years, if you put EVERY computer on the planet to work on the job.

But the day after tomorrow, it will be useless.

When computers are fast enough to decrypt the data faster, they're also fast enough to use bigger keys. You can't chase that dragon fast enough.
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