New comment by swerve3815 in "I think we might lose public key cryptography"

swerve3815 — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 21:47:09 +0000

This is essentially a guess that P probably = NP.

Way more likely is that every existing cryptocurrency implementation contains bugs outside of the core cryptographic algorithm that would allow stealing coins without having to break that encryption. Cybersecurity is an arms race, as it always has been.

New comment by swerve3815 in "Man discovers his parents' coffee machine used 1TB of data in 10 days"

swerve3815 — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 21:08:15 +0000

I wonder if you can identify the age of devices based just on network scans? Like if an advertiser can tell I've got a washing machine model that was last sold 7 years ago, it's time to spam me with washing machine ads.

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New comment by swerve3815 in "I think we might lose public key cryptography"

New comment by swerve3815 in "Man discovers his parents' coffee machine used 1TB of data in 10 days"