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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. The DMC is bad enough - you needn't make stuff up by haruharaharu · · Score: -1, Troll

    these kids would have been thrown in jail for violating the DMCA

    shut up timothy - the DMCA doesn't apply when the copyright holder asks you to break the encryption.

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  2. Entrapment by Renraku · · Score: 0, Troll

    Following that train of thinking, I imagine the FBI will be setting up accounts on all the popular messenger programs, sending people illegal data, and arresting them if the file transfer completes.

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  3. Re:The DMC is bad enough - you needn't make stuff by gehrehmee · · Score: 0, Troll

    Tell that to the RIAA/SDMI.

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  4. Look at me I'm a journalist by anthony_dipierro · · Score: 0, Troll

    Timothy writes writes "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 ...'

  5. Crack the code of goatse.cx! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    There is a secret message in his anus: www.goatse.cx/hello.jpg

    - The BOFH Troll

  6. Stop calling Amrican "free" by kzadot · · Score: 0, Troll

    Im not in America, but I get sick of hearing people complain about how its not free anymore. Its only 1 country. Things are a lot worse in many countries and a lot better in some too. If you want to improve then vote libertarian.

  7. Re:the details by steelhawk · · Score: 0, Troll

    Well.. the DMCA makes even unauthorized decryption of ROT13 illegal, right?

    (For US citizens that is, of course...)

    Geez... the consequences are really WEIRD.

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