The quote "We built our key duplication software system to show people that their keys are not inherently secret" is interesting. Do the public and the authorit

The quote "We built our key duplication software system to show people that their keys are not inherently secret" is interesting. Do the public and the authorities have a different attitude when you do this with physical security vs. electronic? Sometimes people have been threatened or even arrested for demonstrating vulnerabilities, as we know.