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be21 on Jan 2, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why HTTPS for Everything?

Nazi Enigma encryption was cracked, because they encrypted everything, even repetitive information like weather reports. Https for everything is promoted by NSA.

Ao7bei3s on Jan 2, 2017 | [–]

Modern ciphers are designed to resist chosen plaintext attacks.

andrewpe on Jan 2, 2017 | [–]

Might need to read up on modern ciphers. They are protected against this kind of attack.

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