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Cracking Crypto To Get Into College

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the we-have-another-task-for-you dept.

Kallahar writes "New Scientist is running a story about a Canadian university who had students break an encrypted message in order to get into college. A good idea to grab a good student, but here in 'Free' America these kids would have been thrown in jail for violating the DMCA ..."

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  1. Re:Doesn't make you a good student by cscx · · Score: 5, Funny

    Since I know scripting languages, am I an elite hacker?

    Since I can install linux, am I a sys admin?

    Isn't that the general consensus around here?

  2. makes you wonder by joenobody · · Score: 4, Funny

    Does this strike anyone else as a great way to get someone else to finish up the work on your thesis for you?

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