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[–] bioemerl@kbin.social 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Don't compress encrypted data since it opens you up to attacks like CRIME, unless it's at rest and static data.

[–] Mubelotix@jlai.lu 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Encrypted data cannot be compressed anyway

[–] DrQuint@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

It can. Just not lossless. Which it means it can't.