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512-bit RSA key in home energy system gives control of “virtual power plant” (arstechnica.com)
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[–] schizo@forum.uncomfortable.business 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You have to wonder how many other things are out there with effectively worthless encryption because some old document or default option told them to/allowed them to implement it without any 'hey! some 14 year old with a TI-83 could crack this key!' warnings.

[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 months ago

There was a book with a Bitcoin wallet generator code in it that specifically said that it was vulnerable and was only to be done as a demo test and yet somebody released a wallet with that code and fucked a bunch of people over on accident.