Applied Murphy's Laws for Cryptography (Loose Interpretation)

 

Applied Murphy's Laws for Cryptography (Loose Interpretation)

1. Law of Encryption Complexity:
   The more complex the encryption algorithm, the faster someone will find a simple way to break it.

2. Law of Limited Time:
   When there's no time to generate the perfect key, "1234" becomes the default password.

3. Law of Trust:
   The greatest vulnerability in any cryptosystem is the person using it.

4. Law of Privacy Illusion:
   The moment you feel completely anonymous, someone will access your metadata.

5. Law of the Forgotten Key:
   If a private key is created and perfectly secured, you’ll lose access to it at the worst possible moment.

6. Law of Overconfidence:
   "This algorithm is unbreakable" — until a student proves otherwise in their thesis.

7. Developer’s Law:
   The best cryptographic solution you design will be broken by your own testing team.

8. Law of Universality:
   The more universal the crypto algorithm, the more exposed it is to attacks on its weak points.

9. Law of Resource Economy:
   Every cryptosystem is a compromise between security and performance, but breaking it will always be faster.

10. Law of Government Interference:
    If your algorithm is good enough to thwart hackers, regulators will demand a backdoor.

11. Law of the Attacker:
    Your cryptography is never too complex for a hacker, but always too complex for the average user.

12. Law of Unforeseen Flaws:
    Every algorithm has a vulnerability, but you'll discover it only when it's too late.

13. Law of Urgent Updates:
    The moment you deploy a new cryptosystem, its algorithm becomes outdated by current standards.

14. Law of Retrospect:
    "No one will break RSA in our lifetime" — until quantum computers prove otherwise.

15. Law of Entropy:
    The more complex the password, the more likely the user is to write it on a sticky note and attach it to their monitor.

16. Law of Crypto-Anarchy:
    The more secure your system, the more it annoys governments and corporations.

17. Law of Simplicity:
    If something in cryptography looks too simple to be broken, it's already been compromised.

18. Key Length Law:
    The moment you double the key length, someone finds an attack that breaks both the old and new versions.

19. Law of Paranoia:
    In cryptography, you’re either not paranoid enough or already too late.

20. Law of the Last Test:
    The biggest vulnerability will be discovered one minute after the system goes live.

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