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That's an argument from authority, though. There's no direct evidence to suggest that such a thing will happen, just that it hasn't been shown to be impossible.



It's an article about a tangible step forward in solving DL problems.

Will RSA be broken because of this? Of course nobody knows.

But are the recent breakthroughs interesting "hacker news"? Absolutely. Would you have really preferred not to hear about this?

Edit: As per tptacek's comment, changed "breaking RSA" to "solving DL problems"


I wouldn't go so far as to say a tangible step has been made in literally breaking RSA.


I upvoted/liked/approved/upmodded the story; I just don't think it's time for everyone to start acting like chicken littele, is all.


There's no direct evidence to suggest that such a thing will happen

Isn't this another way of saying there's no evidence that the future has been predicted?




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