For the first time in history, there was research that could make inscription available on a commercial scale. But not every one way function can be made into a cryptographic system. And for this all to work, these one way functions need to be superhard to solve without a key,. So tough that' it's not even worth a hacker's time to try. One night it wis probably one.
Today's internet is built on a series of locks and keys that protect your private information as it travels through cyberspace. But could all these locks be broken?
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