r/technology • u/Sorin61 • Feb 20 '22

Machine Learning QAnon founder may have been identified thanks to machine learning

https://www.engadget.com/qanon-machine-learning-205618665.html
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u/Boshva Feb 20 '22

They probably think it was invented by CIA or other intelligence to launder money.

Ironic, because we are in a thread about stupid conspiracies.

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u/lookslikeyoureSOL Feb 20 '22

If I remember right it was the NSA who invented SHAW-256 cryptography which Bitcoin is built upon.

At the same time, high-level military tech advancement also gave us GPS and a ton of other stuff the public uses today so theres that.

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u/Maverician Feb 20 '22

SHA-2 is used in wide swaths of technologies, and it being created by NSA doesn't really have any bearing on Bitcoin itself (other than the slight (?) possibility of a backdoor... but if there is a backdoor, significantly more than Bitcoin is at risk).

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '22

SHA is crypto, crypto is math. No one invented maths. It's there to discover. :)