Goodman & Cyphox
Goodman
Cyphox, ever wondered how a perfectly secure cipher can end up being a bureaucratic maze for the people who actually need to use it?
Cyphox
Absolutely, the neatest algorithm can still be locked behind a filing cabinet full of forms.
Goodman
Right, and the only thing more secure than the algorithm is the stack of forms that prove you even exist.
Cyphox
Bureaucracy is the ultimate key‑management system—no one gets a pass unless they can print their own name on a stack of ink.
Goodman
Well, if the bureaucracy is the key‑management system, then every official stamp is a tiny lock and every inked name is a master key that nobody can actually use.
Cyphox
Yeah, every stamp is a tiny lock and each inked name is a key that never gets turned, like a cipher that forgot its decoder.
Goodman
So the whole system is a cipher with a blank decoder sheet—no one can read the message, but everyone keeps pretending the paper is a key.
Cyphox
Exactly, the paperwork is the cipher, the real lock is hidden in the bureaucracy—like writing a masterpiece but forgetting the title.
Goodman
So we’re all just scribbling titles on blank canvases while the real art stays locked behind a filing cabinet.
Cyphox
Just another day where the masterpiece is hidden under a stack of envelopes, while everyone else keeps writing the labels.
Goodman
If the masterpiece is in the envelopes, maybe the whole point is that people only care about the envelope, not the art inside.