I just explained what it actually is. I said "you know how you go to a website HTTPS and it's secure? Well Apple chose a couple of trusted parties that your phone inherently trusts, and those people approve a few thousand intermediate companies who do the day-to-day certificate work for end websites. One of those intermediates, rather than choosing a 200-digit random number, chose 4, no not four-digits, the number 4". And then we could laugh at some of the memes.

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albert_e 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Our 200 digit random number was 199 zeroes followed by a 4

- emudhra lawyer maybe (:

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vbezhenar 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Private key size is 384 bits or 116 decimal digits. So 115 zeroes.

	▲	drno123 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		You mean, the key was 383 zeros and one “one”, on the third place from the right :)

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j_maffe 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I really wonder if this would/should hold in court. It is ridiculously unlikely yet genuinely possible.

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trinari 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

technically possible

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alienbaby 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Not just technically possible, as likely as getting any other random 116(?) digit number

	▲	FergusArgyll 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Feynman's license plate

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