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bombcar • today at 9:49 AM • 6 replies • view on HN

Of COURSE it's easy to crack, 4 isn't even prime!


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DavidSJ • today at 10:12 AM

In their defense, they were probably targeting the Mersenne prime 2^2 - 1 and just made a typo.

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wolfi1 • today at 11:06 AM

ok, it's joke. but for those who don't get it: elliptic curves don't need primes

joshuat • today at 9:53 AM

It’s really impressive no one caught their three previous private key values

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chompychop • today at 11:23 AM

They should have gone with 57. Everyone knows it's prime.

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delibes • today at 10:32 AM

https://xkcd.com/221/

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walrus01 • today at 10:39 AM

Hey, that's the same combination I have on my luggage!

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