You Just Broke Number Theory
A mathematician who has discovered fast integer factorization plans to flee, since it would break modern encryption.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2018-06-15-you-just-broke-number-theory/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
Interviewer: "You just found a fast, efficient method for factorizing large integers! What are you going to do next?"
Mathematician: "Um... liquidate my assets and flee to the safe house?"
[Caption] "My number theory breakthrough was kind of a good news/bad news situation."