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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. Let me be the first to say... by ChePibe · · Score: 5, Funny

    Idiots!

  2. Re:What is with that movie? by athakur999 · · Score: 5, Funny
    It was totally retarded, why do people like it?


    roman_mir, don't be jealous that I've been chatting online with babes, all day. Besides, we both know I'm training to become a cage fighter.

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    "People that quote themselves in their signatures bother me" - athakur999