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Sigsaly's key distribution was the biggest bottleneck: both sides had to synchronize large amounts of key paper tapes in advance through an absolutely secure channel, which was extremely difficult in a wartime environment.
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UnverifiedSigsaly's deployment exposed the contradiction between security and convenience: the equipment was bulky and complex to operate and was restricted to the highest levels, and any encryption system must find a balance between security and usability.70% similarUnverifiedSigsaly used one-time key paper tapes, synchronized before each call, with the key voided after the call ended, theoretically achieving unconditional security.67% similarUnverifiedWWI handcrafted ciphers have an extremely limited keyspace and ciphertext carries statistical regularities such as letter frequency distribution, making them weak encryption at the information-theoretic level.64% similarUnverifiedSigsaly's unconditional security depended on the absolute secrecy and one-time use of keys, whereas modern E2EE is mostly based on computational complexity assumptions (such as the difficulty of factoring large numbers) and is not information-theoretically secure.64% similar
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