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    While 0 has no value and is often placed after 9 on keyboards, you asked about digits in a base and not numbers. This becomes clear if you describe the various bases.

    • Binary is 0-1
    • Octal is 0-7
    • Decimal is 0-9
    • Hexadecimal is 0-F

    If you sort zero at the end, you’d need to spell out the digits or label them all as 1-0, which isn’t very descriptive.

    Mind you, “zero-first ordering of digits” is not a fundamental rule, since the glyphs only have a need to be sorted when they stand for a numerical value . And if you used a phrase like “first X digits” without noting a range the omission would be a composition error.



  • Are there any real-world examples where encryption backdoors have been successfully used without compromising cybersecurity?

    No. Adding a backdoor to cybersecurity is fundamentally introducing a vulnerability that can be exploited by an attacker.

    A backdoor in your IT security is like a hidden button to bypass the lock on the impenetrable front door of your impenetrable house. Sure, it makes the police serving a warrant easier, but now there’s a button that anyone can push to bypass your door.

    What you will find are instances with no apparent violations. Just like setting all the nuclear weapons to have the exact same easily remembered activation code didn’t actually lead to a nuclear exchange.