We don't know how to efficiently factor extremely large numbers into their prime components.
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Global / Unspecified, Global
This difficulty is exactly what keeps most modern encryption secure, since multiplying primes together is easy but reversing the process is not. If an efficient method were found, it could upend the security of the internet as we know it.
Citation ID: WS01236
Title: We don't know how to efficiently factor extremely large numbers into their prime components.
URL: https://worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=1236