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		red_admiral 4 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: RSA-260 Factorized Curve25519 exists because it's also easy to build ECC footguns - not checking if an input is a valid curve point comes to mind. ECC is definitely more efficient though. Then again, we're all supposed to switch to post-quantum.
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consp 4 days ago [–]

> Then again, we're all supposed to switch to post-quantum.

Depends on what your goal is and if you like more footguns.

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