Crack a Password, Save Norwegian History

Christian writes "With the death of the only person who knew the password to an archive held at a museum in Norway, suddenly the data became inaccessible. The result? A nationwide radio appeal asking for "hackers" to volunteer to help solve the problem! The Norway Post has the story." I wonder if they looked under his keyboard yet..

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Hypocrisy

[FattMattP]

So, the Norwegians arrest one of their own for cracking CSS so he can watch DVDs on his home computer, but when they lose the password to their database, they call on all the "hackers" to come and rescue them? The hypocrisy is staggering. I wouldn't lift a finger to help on mere principle.

This sort of thing works both ways and the powers that be aren't going to learn that if you come to their rescue. They'll eventually figure out the password, but if you let them do it on their own, and you tell them why you aren't going to assist them then maybe, just maybe, they'll learn a lesson. Something about doing to others as you would have them do to you.