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thaumasiotes on July 7, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Crypto 101 – Introductory course on cryptography (...

> I think cryptanalysis as a discipline is not massively funded.

Really? That would be a change.

z3phyr on July 7, 2025 [–]

I guess massively is the relative word. But I will stand by the claim that we can discover/invent new mathematical methods that can aid in cryptanalysis, if not directly by cryptographers, then by some adjacent field.

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