Cryptocrazies

In Cryptonomicon, Neal Stephenson submits that a knowledgeable government eavesdropper – hi guys! (wave to the camera) – noting the use of a 4096-bit key, will conclude one of the following:

1) The encryptor doesn’t know what he’s talking about.

2) The encryptor is clinically paranoid.

3) The encryptor is extremely

a) …optimistic about the future development of computer technology

b) …pessimistic about the political climate

c) …both

4) The encryptor has a planning horizon that extends over a period of at least a century.

File me as 3c, gentlemen.

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