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		leafboi on July 25, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cryptography is not magic Crypto/security is cool and amazing, but it's also one the least flashy parts of Computer Science. Purely in terms of overall reputation I don't think people view crypto as "magic..." a more accurate analogy is "plumbing." The Magic comes more from things like games and computer graphics and deep learning.

anonymousDan on July 25, 2020 [–]

I don't know about that, I think a lot of people view codebreaking/hacking as pretty magic.

leafboi on July 26, 2020 | [–]

In the past yes, but that's not the case anymore.

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