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What direct cryptographic attack do you know that works on a one time pad? (Aslong as the randomness used to build it is real, it is implemented properly and not re-used etc)

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You don't need to break the code, just notice a pattern of use/behavior.

User error, for one. People get sloppy and reuse a not-so-one-time-pad. That alone compromises secrets with frequency analysis.

Yeah that's obvious and telling me what I already know and pointed out. I thought there was some other cryptographic issue.

Well, what's the point in asking, if you already know everything?

I wonder.

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