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by jbay
Wed May 12, 2021 10:12 pm
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: Page 199: MAD about stuff
Replies: 68
Views: 181520

Re: Page 199: MAD about stuff

There are provably uncrackable encryption techniques. So if the Umiak have cracked the Loroi communications it basically means that a spy deliberately slipped a backdoor into their encryption, in which case as Arioch says, they've already lost. Or if, in the Outsider universe, encryption were known ...
by jbay
Wed May 22, 2019 2:20 am
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: Page 155: But hang on...
Replies: 31
Views: 20151

Re: Page 155: But hang on...

Since the historian has a physical presence quite close by, it could have directly flipped bits in the pad's memory one at a time by targeting the transistors (or 22nd century equivalent) with particles similar to cosmic rays. With sufficient targeting precision, this basically gives it open write a...
by jbay
Tue May 21, 2019 4:03 am
Forum: Outsider Discussion
Topic: Page 155: But hang on...
Replies: 31
Views: 20151

Re: Page 155: But hang on...

I would take this comment to mean that, compared to other fields of technology, humans are less behind in computing (compared to how behind they might be in propulsion, communications, energy storage, etc...) In 2019 (let alone 2160), it seems entirely possible that such a security flaw could have b...