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IBM using Napoleon Dynamite Quote to Encrypt Data

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the masters-of-the-bo-staff dept.

schmack writes "A developer discovers a quote from the movie Napoleon Dynamite is being used as the cipher key by IBM to publish encrypted XML at this year's Wimbledon grand slam. But is this a rather glaring lapse in security or an easter egg for curious hackers, many of whom would surely be fans of the quirky movie?"

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  1. What is with that movie? by roman_mir · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    It was totally retarded, why do people like it?

    As to being a security issue, unless someone compiles all quotes from all movies into a text file, it is not.

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