[Ipg-smz] The case against using two spaces after a period

[Richi Jennings]

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On Thu, Oct 25, 2018 at 3:04 PM Stephen Satchell <ipg at satchell.net> wrote:

> Piggy-backed on the bloomberg chip story was a video on encryption and
> the cracking thereto.  At one point in the video, the speaker was saying
> that when dealing with exclusive-or encypherment, the fact that two
> spaces occurs frequently in the plaintext makes the analysis of the
> encrypted form easier.
>
> So if you want to improve the quality of your encryption, DON'T use two
> spaces.
>
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