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minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIt really does. Apparently-random data can’t be compressed at all, by the pigeonhole principle. I mean, you could run it through whatever algorithm for fun, but it won’t accomplish anything.
minus-squareLostXOR@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoEncrypted data compresses much worse than non-encrypted data, so it does matter in terms of size.
Doesn’t actually matter
It really does. Apparently-random data can’t be compressed at all, by the pigeonhole principle.
I mean, you could run it through whatever algorithm for fun, but it won’t accomplish anything.
Encrypted data compresses much worse than non-encrypted data, so it does matter in terms of size.