• @JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world
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    87 months ago

    When chipped keys launched, wasn’t there a lot of talk about how the system would negotiate a new set of keys for the next interaction making the simple act of recording radio exchanges impossible? All hot air by the manufacturers?

      • gian
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        97 months ago

        The first rule of encryption is that the password need to be secret, not the algorithm. (not mine, but I cannot readily find the source, sorry :-( )

        A truly good encryption algorithm is safe even if I give you the source code for it but not the password I used to encrypt the data.

        • @fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.world
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          -27 months ago

          That’s assuming the algorithm is sound. If the algorithm has a flaw then it’s only a matter of time until you can easily crack anything using it.

        • @modeler@lemmy.world
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          47 months ago

          Exactly. And all the core internet encryption and signing algorithms are fully open source. Eg RSA, AES, DIffie Helman. And these are the algorithms the US (and most other western) governments require when sending data to or from or within there servers.

  • @EpicFailGuy@lemmy.world
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    77 months ago

    If someone has enough technical ability to use a flipper zero to defeat the rolling codes and knows enough to use it to steal a car … they probably have no need to steal a car.

    While possible, these are not things that your average thief knows how to do.

    I’m sure it’s happened, but going as far as Trudeau did and banning this learning tool because a handful of incidents it’s just stupid.

    There are more important things the government should be worried about.