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jamesnordenyesterday at 11:57 AM1 replyview on HN

>You need only cryptographic common sense

Sounds like the "I know a guy" kind of thing that shouldn't be done if you really care about security.

>Are you an AI?

Non-sequitur.


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sylwareyesterday at 2:00 PM

Doing such "customizations" (which are actually crypto 101) will break all attacks designed specifically for a crypto algo in mind. Even better if you lie on the crypto algorithm.

Ofc, that must be encrypted on systems which "cannot connect" (and you can go overkill with EM protection with a very good faraday cage).

If you are making such a technical pain for attackers, they will switch to social engineering anyway.