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		tlrobinson on Sept 12, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Dropbox finally launches to the public (YC summer ... But depending on the encryption scheme, a single byte changed in the unencrypted data can result in the entire encrypted image being different.

dcurtis on Sept 12, 2008 | [–]

It's 128-bit AES. I haven't had a problem yet.

Herring on Sept 12, 2008 | [–]

technically half the bits change, on average

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