• chumbalumber
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    2 years ago

    Find a computationally cheap way to factor large numbers --> banking system collapses

    • Bye@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      They would just use OTPs and would be fine. You’d start having armored trucks drive around with hard drives full of keys, but it would be ok.

      • Julian@lemm.ee
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        2 years ago

        Now I really want a dystopian novel about a world where p=np was proved and how the world adjusts to it.

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      2 years ago

      to be fair, the earth would probably be pretty happy about that - humans just wouldn’t be all too happy…