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this post was submitted on 09 Aug 2024
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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.
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.