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ranger_danger 3 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Writing Tiny Desktop Apps in C and GTK3 (2022)

FWIW I wouldn't call XOR... encryption

stcg 3 months ago [–]

"XOR" as encryption probably refers to one-time-pad encryption, which is a very secure encryption strategy if done well, albeit often impractical.

(Note: I'm not saying anything about this specific code, which I have not looked at)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-time_pad

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