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Israeli Firm Claims Unbreakable Encryption

Posted by timothy on from the jackson-pollock-claims-prior-art dept.

Several readers have pointed to an Israeli company's claim of achieving unbreakable encryption. The linked article reports this claim uncritically. Do you think there's such a thing as unbreakable encryption? This isn't the first time someone's made this claim, or second, or third ...

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  1. repeated claim... by danielhsu · · Score: 4, Funny

    > This isn't the first time someone's made this claim, or second, or third ...

    And if this story gets reposted, it'll seem like a fourth!

  2. No such thing by Wrexs0ul · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wonderful article, but how good is encryption when your fundamental flaw in data security is the people who use it?

    Case in point: 128-bit SSL keys, MD5 hashed passwords on a system utilizing firewalls and a database whose data is encrypted by the super-uncrackable-key(tm)... owner connects to the site over the internet via telnet...

    We should invent encrypted people. That way not only would data be safe, but it's so secure the guy next to you has no idea what you're talking about!

    Sincerely,

    -Matt

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  3. Encryption and compression by atcurtis · · Score: 5, Funny
    I have an amazing encryption and compression method - it encrypts and compresses any message into a single binary bit! No one else can decipher the message... not even the recipient... unless they have the decryption key...

    Which is unfortunately 2x the size of the original message.

    Ho hum...

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  4. Re:Exceptionally random cipher text by Jason1729 · · Score: 4, Funny

    How can a deterministic computer create anything more then pseudorandom ?

    By using lava lamps, of course

    Jason
    ProfQuotes

  5. This one calls for... by hdparm · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...Ask Kevin Mitnick - Part II.

  6. My unbreakable encryption scheme! by Alsee · · Score: 5, Funny

    Take input file and pipe it to dev/nul,
    Take dev/random and pipe it to output file.

    Guaranteed unbreakable encryption!

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    1. Re:My unbreakable encryption scheme! by cthugha · · Score: 5, Funny

      Guaranteed unbreakable encryption!

      Not entirely. There is a slight chance that the output from /dev/random will be identical to the original message. :)

  7. LOL "Why do we keep pronounce VME is unbreakable" by accident · · Score: 4, Funny
    (grammar theirs)
    When a transmission of conventional algorithm is sent, it includes an encrypted form of the actual data. Given that a hacker have enough computing power and time, any message can be deciphered. With the VME engine the case is different; the actual data is never transferred. Therefore, when intercepted by a hacker, the results will yield absolutely nothing. [source]
    This is so incredible I just can't read anymore.
  8. You can't beat my encryption device. by StormyWeather · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's my girlfriend. Many men have tried, and to date none have been able to figure her out.

    Bit pricy though.

  9. This reminds me.. by attackiko · · Score: 5, Funny

    There used to be a Windows program called "Unbreakable security" which, among other things, could encrypt a file and put it in self opening .exe file (you had to enter the password).

    So I tried to crack the program and found out it was fairly easy to do (took me a few hours). But then I discovered that the program had a bug which caused the blank password to be accepted as valid password. So much about Unbreakable security.

  10. Please do not be so scathing... by Zemran · · Score: 4, Funny

    I know what it is like to be misunderstood. I have this brilliant, gauranteed, money making scheme that no-one has faith in. If you send my £25 I will tell you all about it.

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  11. "This perpetual motion machine Lisa built. . . by kfg · · Score: 4, Funny

    doesn't work. It just keeps going faster and faster."

    It is the perennial cry of the snake oil crowd that the "establishment" won't take their claims seriously. It never, *ever* seems to occur to them that this is because their claims are *provably* whacko. Especially where purely mathmatical structures are concerned.

    Most snake oil saleman didn't do very well in math at school, although this personal limitation has never seemed to stand in the way of their being able to seriously cook a set of books to display for the investors.

    KFG

  12. s/CNN/New York Times by rjh · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... but the opinions of the New York Times editorial staff certainly are. :)

  13. Re:One Time Pad by Thing+1 · · Score: 4, Funny
    Getting good-enough randomness is easy enough now-adays. I mean, heck, check out random.org .

    There's a link at random.org: "For non-random numbers, try NoEntropy.net! "

    From their site:

    Generating deterministic numbers is a complicated business. NoEntropy.net uses a unique combination of tried and tested algorithms to provide you with the finest in deterministic numbers. After they are generated, the numbers are subjected to further filters to remove any remaining randomness. Finally, complicated, state-of-the-art statistical tools are used to check that the numbers you get are completely deterministic.

    A mouthful, no? There's a form you can fill out to request deterministic numbers (up to 10,000). The default is 100.

    The punchline: all the numbers are "1".

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