One-time pads are impractical because the sender and the target need to meet up beforehand and agree on a code, and no one else should know this code. With modern encryption, this is not necessary. The target can come up with both the encryption and decryption algorithms, and send only the first to the sender publicly.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Is that what they’re talking about?
wandermind@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
Yes
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 months ago
But one-time pads aren’t impractical like they said?
emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
One-time pads are impractical because the sender and the target need to meet up beforehand and agree on a code, and no one else should know this code. With modern encryption, this is not necessary. The target can come up with both the encryption and decryption algorithms, and send only the first to the sender publicly.