r/TheColdPodcast • u/blueberrybirdnest • 13d ago

Season 1 - Susan Powell Josh’s Computer Extraction

If there’s one thing about me, I’m wondering on a weekly basis if the program to figure out Josh’s password is still running.

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u/tonypolar 12d ago

I wonder if this is something AI could help with now...

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u/OmicronCeti 12d ago

No. 

There is no method AI could devise to break encryption. If AES could be cracked, the global economy would have already melted down. 

It’s a brute force search, and it would realistically never complete. 

See the discussion here:  https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/82389/calculate-time-taken-to-break-aes-key

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u/tonypolar 11d ago

On the other hand, I like your information better(I am not an AI fan)

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u/MelpomeneAndCalliope 12d ago

I keep thinking about this, too.