Comic #4450: encryption

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Panel 1: Son, I want to talk to you about a new form of encryption.
I call it "encryption by destruction."

Panel 2: You take a piece of information, then destroy it in a random fashion. The information is now so encrypted that you can only get it back by knowing the entire state of the universe and having nearly infinite computing power.

Panel 3: Wow… every time we destroy something… maybe we’re just sending a message in a bottle to a future race of super-minds.

Panel 4: What an amazing thought, Daddy.

Panel 5: Anyway, point is I accidentally let the cat encrypt your hamster this morning.