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		AyyEye 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NIST Finalizes 'Lightweight Cryptography' Standard... > Meta reported they spend ~0.05% (1 out of every 2000 CPU cycles) on X25519 key exchange within the last year, which is quite significant. That is not even remotely significant. Facebook spends 25% (1 out of every 4) of my CPU cycles on tracking. Pretty much anything else they optimize (are they still using python and php?) Will have a bigger impact.

ifwinterco 5 months ago | [–]

Or just reduce the quality of served photos and videos by 0.05%, probably nobody would notice

Telemakhos 5 months ago | | [–]

> Facebook spends 25% (1 out of every 4) of my CPU cycles on tracking.

That's their core business.

fsflover 5 months ago | [–]

This is significant for Facebook, not for you. I solved this problem for myself by not using Facebook.

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