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'Run unapproved software'. What's the difference between asking a calculator to add 1 to 2, and asking a scripting engine to add a to b?
by unglaublich 6y ago
'Run unapproved software'.
What's the difference between asking a calculator to add 1 to 2, and asking a scripting engine to add a to b?
- CompuHacker 6y agoIt'll take you a lot longer to violate intellectual property law with the stock calculator.
- metiscus 6y agoI guess it depends on definitions - you can just type in the AACS number if the calculator has enough digits.
- ethbr0 6y agoWere one so inclined, anyone comfortable with embedded programming and electronics could make an arbitrary calculator perform the critical decryption calculation. It would be slow as hell, but it's proof of the underlying theme: attempting to ban general purpose computing is insane.