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The title text mentions {{w|Bruce Schneier}}, a computer security professional, and public keys which is the publicly known half of {{w|public-key cryptography}}, which uses two mathematically linked keys to decrypt information. The joke is that Schneier considers safewords as a type of security and thus believes they are not safe enough and recommends the key signature. However, whereas it takes a long time to say RuBisCO in full during your submission, it would be impossible to use any public keys to stop your partner.
 
The title text mentions {{w|Bruce Schneier}}, a computer security professional, and public keys which is the publicly known half of {{w|public-key cryptography}}, which uses two mathematically linked keys to decrypt information. The joke is that Schneier considers safewords as a type of security and thus believes they are not safe enough and recommends the key signature. However, whereas it takes a long time to say RuBisCO in full during your submission, it would be impossible to use any public keys to stop your partner.
  
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Randall later in [[1128: Fifty Shades]] referenced the book {{w|Fifty Shades of Gray}} which made the concept of {{w|Safeword|'safe words'}} perhaps more widely known to the mainstream public. Here the word is very short: Red.
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Randall later in [[1128: Fifty Shades]] referenced the book {{w|Fifty Shades of Gray}} which made safe words known to the mainstream public. Here the word is very short: Red.
  
 
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