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Singaporean brothers build modern, unbreakable encryption (www.straitstimes.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago by fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 40 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Unbreakable Encryption .. so .. Snake Oil then?

[–] zener_diode@feddit.org 14 points 2 weeks ago

Well, if its unbreakable, then its either snake oil, or some variation on the one-time-pad (really depends on your definition of unbreakable).

But having read the article, this is definetly snake oil.

[–] Scipitie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 2 weeks ago

This sounds like an ad.

Note that "patented" doesn't mean shit.

Plus it's not as unique as they make out to be:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-quantum_cryptography

I personally wouldn't use an encryption where someone else could change the conditions on how I use it anyway.

[–] dan@upvote.au 7 points 2 weeks ago

The brothers have different surnames due to an error made by their parents when registering Lin’s birth certificate

I wonder how long it took them to discover the error... And how long it took them to decide to just live with it instead of fixing it. Interesting.

[–] crimson_iris@piefed.social 7 points 2 weeks ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-quantum_cryptography

[–] kibblebits@quokk.au 3 points 2 weeks ago

Sus

[–] Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

I encrypt all of my files by changing every bit to 0. No one has decrypted it yet.

[–] Miller@lemmy.world -1 points 3 weeks ago

Dangerous work.

[–] one_old_coder@piefed.social -1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Here is how they do it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xor_encryption

[–] crandlecan@mander.xyz -3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

that's not true

[–] one_old_coder@piefed.social 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

That was a joke FFS. XOR is literally an unbreakable encryption method. Don't you know the basics?

[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 3 points 2 weeks ago

XOR with a one time pad is unbreakable, but xor with a short/repeating key is very much breakable.

[–] crandlecan@mander.xyz -3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Oh do tell me more, sir professor sir! 🫩

Edit: funny to see someone unaware of the woooosh and everyone choosing his side 👌