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Comment by selcuka

1 year ago

> It would be way easier to just generate random bytes, and nobody could ever tell the difference.

Programmers love easter eggs.

Edit: sillywalk's comment proves my point.

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Double_a_92  1 year ago

Without knowing the encryption key, it is just random data though. And since not even the creator knows, there sadly is no easter egg.

  • selcuka  1 year ago

    Isn't it still an easter egg though? Just one that is very hard to find.

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