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Clearly number theory research is a prohibited circumvention activity and should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.



You laugh today…


Yea, but number theory also allows us to devise new crypto systems... for example take a look at curve 25519


As a metanote, I wish there was a standard way of marking sarcasm and joke posts on HN, so they don't get downvoted simply because they don't make sense when interpreted literally.


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