Improvements in factoring large primes would permit
virtual control
of the current cryptography market.
Well...factoring any prime, large or small, is really easy. It's
composite numbers with no small prime factors that are difficult.
THAT could carry some large dollars.
Could. Depends on the degree of the improvement.
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