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		tptacek on June 25, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Scientists crack RSA SecurID 800 tokens, steal cry... http://cr.yp.to/patents.html Patents used to be the reason ECC was rarely used (that and novelty), but there are ECC systems in somewhat wide use that aren't patent-licensed.

tedunangst on June 25, 2012 [–]

Right. I mentioned it because any discussion of why something isn't used should mention why it wasn't used. "It's ok to use this" is more compelling if it explains why the observed reality differs. :)

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