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[–] 10 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I mean …. Yes, that would be secure.

Sorta.

It’s be dumb, and a pattern based attack could potentially solve it easily … but technically much more secure than 4

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  • [–] 2 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    I get what you mean, but no, it would not be secure. The private key in question is really used as a number in a calculation, not as a string of digits. Leading zeroes would just be ignored.

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