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Matrix with Martin Albrecht and Dan Jones

Security Cryptography Whatever

CHAPTER

Is That a Root Cryptographic Identity?

When you're doing verification between two users, then you pass around a public key of the users kind of like root cryptographic identity. And it just so happens the way the message is structured and processed at the end of verification, you can trick a device into sending their device ID. Well, they're always going to send the device ID, but the device ID you've tricked them into sending is actually public key under that control. Effectively.

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