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lights0123 on June 3, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Confess your love with zero-knowledge

You could reveal the hash letter-by-letter and stop as soon as a letter differs so there's more possibilities.

teaearlgraycold on June 4, 2022 [–]

> stop as soon as a letter differs

Oops - you just exposed a timing attack side channel

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