The modern Internet would be dramatically different, and much less secure, without asymmetric encryption.

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Nevertheless, the election has made Labour's grip on Scottish politics much less secure.

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Suddenly private pensions look a lot less secure than those much-maligned state pensions.

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In situations where property rights are not secure, there is much less incentive to spend hours investing labor when it is so easily stolen in the end.

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So far that interest has not got much further than internet speculation but with Portsmouth now less likely to face a further points penalty for failing to secure a CVA, and approximately two-thirds of the club's overall debt wiped away, it is, at least, a going concern again.

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