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Is it illegal to break encryption by brute force?
by bobbylarrybobby 7y ago
Is it illegal to break encryption by brute force?
- rocqua 7y agoIntent matters. If you are breaking encryption to steal stuff, that is (and should be) illegal. I think the real question here should be whether it is immoral though, because it is trivially illegal. Consider the DMCA and penalties for circumventing DRM. Heck, if you are decrypting stuff that is classified, intent might not even matter.