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FactChecker replied to the thread Is this public key encryption?.Yes, in this case. This case has a very short message where it is hard to know when a decrypted result is a valid phone number. (But... -
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Yes but not all aspects of ownership, marketing, sales, distribution, revenue and legality. Software is a product of a company... -
FactChecker replied to the thread Is this public key encryption?.The main difference is that your example uses a symmetric key, "your birthday MM/DD/YYY", known by both parties, to both encrypt and...
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And that's how HTTPS and other similar secure protocols like SSH, SFTP, work AFAIK. I create a key pair and send the encryption key to...
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FactChecker replied to the thread Is this public key encryption?.That certainly is one application. It uses the public/private keys to allow a person in the public who receives a message that you send...
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You might want to, as it makes it possible to prove that a message came from you. Say you want to make a public proclamation that is...
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No, that's something like a one-time pad. There's a single secret that can be used for encryption and decryption. The thing about...
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FactChecker replied to the thread Is this public key encryption?.My (non-expert) two cents: Suppose I broadcast a "public key": aieo19gkeu, and say that anyone can use it to encrypt and send me a...
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FactChecker replied to the thread Who is responsible for a software when AI takes-over programming?.The only exception I can think of is if AI tools are provided by a company that makes some guarantees of the results. Then they would...
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FactChecker reacted to .Scott's post in the thread Who is responsible for a software when AI takes-over programming? with Like.
The same people who were responsible before the AI "took over". If someone does their home work with AI assistance, it is still their...
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Open Office Writer got left behind when the project forked in 2010 to create LibreOffice, which is very widely used, on MS Windows, and...
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Yes, sometimes. We need to be a bit nimble to select basis and reference frames to make simple calculations as well as further...
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There are lots of materials you might run across that naturally have non-orthogonal basis to describe anisotropic behavior like strength...
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FactChecker replied to the thread I Non-orthogonal bases.I would say this a little differently: There are things (like crystal structure) that are natural to represent using a non-orthogonal...
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FactChecker replied to the thread I Non-orthogonal bases.Unless two variables, X and Y, are not related, they will not be orthogonal. The vast majority of variables related to the same subject...