The countries that trusted bugged Swiss encryption devices

Karl gmkarl at gmail.com
Fri Aug 13 10:53:35 PDT 2021


On Fri, Aug 13, 2021, 1:44 PM Punk-BatSoup-Stasi 2.0 <punks at tfwno.gf> wrote:

> On Fri, 13 Aug 2021 03:29:33 -0400
> grarpamp <grarpamp at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On 12/2/20, Punk-BatSoup-Stasi 2.0 <punks at tfwno.gf> wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2 Dec 2020 01:49:23 -0500
> > > grarpamp <grarpamp at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >> XOR OTP was known impenetrable
> > >> since the 40's.
> > >
> > >     interestingly wikimierda has this bit
> > >     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-time_pad
> > >
> > >     "First described by Frank Miller in 1882,[4][5] the one-time pad
> was
> > > re-invented in 1917. On July 22, 1919, U.S. Patent 1,310,719 was
> issued to
> > > Gilbert Vernam for the XOR operation used for the encryption of a
> one-time
> > > pad"
> > >
> > >     So...the technique is older than 1940s...
> >
> > The technique, yes, a general proof of perfect secrecy, no.
>
>
>         that 'proof' is useless academic bullshit.
>
>         on the other hand, I'd bet whoever invented the OTP (and it obv
> can be earlier than miller) knew that one 'key' could be used to 'decrypt'
> any text - which is what the 'proof' of 'perfect secrecy' amounts to.
>
>
>         The key fact here is that the OTP was well known and it's 'odd' to
> suppose it was not used since the time it was invented.
>
>
>
> >
> > Up until the proof, at the earliest ca. (Shannon 1949 public, 1945
> classified)
> > and (Kotelnikov 1941 classified), all they had was a hunch that something
> > magical was happening
>
>
>         hilarious sucking of govcorp's cock
>

It's been used since it was invented.  You just need a unique encyclopedia
for every communication you have, and to destroy the communication fully
after decrypting it.

"hilarious sucking of govcorp's cock.  jewmail.  agent."

>
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