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minus-squaresirprize@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoI get what you mean, but no, it would not be secure. The private key in question is really used as a number in a calculation, not as a string of digits. Leading zeroes would just be ignored.
minus-squareprettybunnys@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agonot when it’s a representation of bits in a file The key itself being 00000000004 yah The key file being 0000000000000000000000……4 is a different story
I get what you mean, but no, it would not be secure. The private key in question is really used as a number in a calculation, not as a string of digits. Leading zeroes would just be ignored.
not when it’s a representation of bits in a file
The key itself being 00000000004 yah
The key file being
0000000000000000000000……4 is a different story