Deletion of Cycles per byte

Comment: to Encryption software) there are dozens of books, news pieces and journal articles that have a couple of lines on the topic. This isn't enough to warrant an article as we never reach Sig Cov. However,  applies, and would seem relevant to that article
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Comment: There is some crypto-specific interest here, which would be lost in an article about general algorithmic complexity.  There are cryptographic attacks which depend on observing how long it takes to encrypt/decrypt something.  For example, if you can observe that decrypting two strings take the same amount of clock cycles, even if you can't see the inputs, you may be able to deduce that they're identical.  Of course, anything we say in Encryption software needs to be vetted against , not the random ramblings of a wikieditor who knows just enough about crypto to be dangerous
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