[Cryptography] Has quantum cryptanalysis actually achieved anything?

[Jerry Leichter]

>> Speaking of which, how would you state this succinctly?  How would you say
>> "quantum cryptanalysis has never factored a single non-chosen-in-advance-
>> with-known-factors number" without the long string of words and dashes?
> 
> While updating the slides to talk about magicians' card tricks and the use of
> force decks, which contain pre-chosen cards that force the subject to pick one
> of the magician's choosing (typically encountered as Svengali decks where you
> can display all different cards but have the subject pick from all-identical
> cards), the question answered itself: sleight-of-hand numbers.  So:
> 
> Quantum cryptanalysis has never factored a single non-sleight-of-hand number.
State it in the positive:  Quantum cryptanalysis has only factored sleight-of-hand numbers.
                                                        -- Jerry