The USAF and software company Merlin Cryption have developed a “cybersecurity technology”—and encryption technique—that has yet to be hacked, having been tried by the likes of Louisiana-based Cyber Innovation Center and the University of Louisiana in extensive testing.
The problem I have, based on published reporting and my status as a non-expert in the security field, is this from Brandon Brown, Merlin Cyrption’s CEO.
It uses a random data generator that never repeats a pattern. This puts it in a good position to overcome AI and Quantum computing….
Once you have a computer doing “random,” you’ve generated a pattern. Randomness requires access to infinitely large numbers with infinitely numbers of digits in them. Computers are bit-limited in how big a number they can represent—if nothing else, by the number of bits their storage media can hold and the number of bits their memory media can hold, much less the number of bits their CPU chips can process. There is only so many unique draws from the population that a computer can do, even if that number approaches ginormosity.
Experts are optimistic.
One industry cybersecurity expert called the new technology “what the government has been looking for…a single solution to protect digital assets….”
No, this is just the convenience—and enormous risk—of putting all the eggs in one basket. That’s not cool.
Understand: this is a valuable advance in security; it’s just not hack-proof. Advances in computing power and in the horsiness of CPUs and storage will allow the hackers to catch up—and get back in the lead. This is why even Merlin Cyrption won’t make any claim of hack-proof.