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For argument's sake, let's say that I'm a bad actor who produces malware. I've infected around 10,000 computers and smartphones with my malware, which runs in the background and can be used to make someone else's machine run calculations for me.

I've gotten access to some encrypted data that I'm not supposed to have. It's heavily encrypted with an asymmetric cipher, and it will theoretically take 1,000 years to crack! However, I have myan array of 10,000 computers. Assuming I can use the machines to their full extent (the users are too stupid to think that anything is wrong), could I feasibly distribute the work loadworkload of hacking this encrypted data to get through it in about 37 days? Why or why not?

For argument's sake, let's say that I'm a bad actor who produces malware. I've infected around 10,000 computers and smartphones with my malware, which runs in the background and can be used to make someone else's machine run calculations for me.

I've gotten access to some encrypted data that I'm not supposed to have. It's heavily encrypted with an asymmetric cipher, and it will theoretically take 1,000 years to crack! However, I have my array of 10,000 computers. Assuming I can use the machines to their full extent (the users are too stupid to think that anything is wrong), could I feasibly distribute the work load of hacking this encrypted data to get through it in about 37 days? Why or why not?

For argument's sake, let's say that I'm a bad actor who produces malware. I've infected around 10,000 computers and smartphones with my malware, which runs in the background and can be used to make someone else's machine run calculations for me.

I've gotten access to some encrypted data that I'm not supposed to have. It's heavily encrypted with an asymmetric cipher, and it will theoretically take 1,000 years to crack! However, I have an array of 10,000 computers. Assuming I can use the machines to their full extent (the users are too stupid to think that anything is wrong), could I feasibly distribute the workload of hacking this encrypted data to get through it in about 37 days? Why or why not?

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Suppose I capture encrypted data that I want to decrypt. Could I use a server farm to decrypt?

For argument's sake, let's say that I'm a bad actor who produces malware. I've infected around 10,000 computers and smartphones with my malware, which runs in the background and can be used to make someone else's machine run calculations for me.

I've gotten access to some encrypted data that I'm not supposed to have. It's heavily encrypted with an asymmetric cipher, and it will theoretically take 1,000 years to crack! However, I have my array of 10,000 computers. Assuming I can use the machines to their full extent (the users are too stupid to think that anything is wrong), could I feasibly distribute the work load of hacking this encrypted data to get through it in about 37 days? Why or why not?