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[–] 7 points 1 month ago (1 child)

I really like the "you cant actually make one from a description" angle. That actually makes a lot of sense. Like, you couldn't even make it from memory, you'd have to copy it.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago

    Yep, in a way this has similarities to modern cryptography.

    In cryptography you can share a public key, which can't be used to create the private key but can be used to identify the correct private key.

    With this object, you can share a description which can't be used to make the object, but can be used to identify the object.

    Its obviously not infallible security, but it would take some effort to overcome.

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