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Circuit Chuckles · Daily comic

Key Rotation

Published Tuesday, 25 August 2026 · By Security.io

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In a four-panel black-and-white newspaper comic, Glitch asks whether the encryption key was rotated while Rusty mounts an oversized key on a turntable and explains that production rotates clockwise and the old key rotates counterclockwise.

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Rusty interprets key rotation literally by physically turning a giant encryption key in different directions.

Transcript

Accessible reading order
  1. Panel 1 — Glitch: Did you rotate the encryption key?
  2. Panel 2 — Rusty: Every quarter.
  3. Panel 3 — Rusty: Clockwise for production.
  4. Panel 4 — Glitch: What about the old key?
  5. Panel 4 — Rusty: Counterclockwise.