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pea@sopuli.xyz to Not the Onion@lemmy.ml · 10 days ago

Cryptology firm cancels elections after losing encryption key

www.bbc.com

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Cryptology firm cancels elections after losing encryption key

www.bbc.com

pea@sopuli.xyz to Not the Onion@lemmy.ml · 10 days ago
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The International Association for Cryptologic Research - created to study secure communication - said it was an "honest human mistake."
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    We quite literally have an example from the Cuban missle crisis where someone refused to turn the key and wasn’t shot though.

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      Huh, I didn’t think we got that far into the process during the Cuba missile crisis?

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        Launching a nuclear torpedo required unanimous decision between the 3 senior officers. . Arkipov was the only dissenting opinion

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