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minus-square LostXOR ( @LostXOR@kbin.social ) linkfedilink17•edit-21 year agoEncrypted data compresses much worse than non-encrypted data, so it does matter in terms of size.
minus-square CanadaPlus ( @CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org ) linkfedilink4•1 year agoIt really does. Apparently-random data can’t be compressed at all, by the pigeonhole principle. I mean, you could run it through whatever algorithm for fun, but it won’t accomplish anything.
Doesn’t actually matter
Encrypted data compresses much worse than non-encrypted data, so it does matter in terms of size.
It really does. Apparently-random data can’t be compressed at all, by the pigeonhole principle.
I mean, you could run it through whatever algorithm for fun, but it won’t accomplish anything.