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saraid216 on Nov 7, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: How secure is TextSecure?

Not really. There's only "insecure" and "less insecure".

"Secure" just means that no one has figured out how to break it yet, or that you don't care if the people who can break it do so.

drdaeman on Nov 7, 2014 [–]

Perfectly implemented one-time pads are secure.

But they're insanely hard to implement perfectly.

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