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Definition of rubber-hose cryptanalysis

rubber-hose cryptanalysis

noun - uncountable

  • the "bypassing" of encryption via beating a person with a rubber hose until they provide their password.

    Last edited on Mar 27 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Feb 16 2010.

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