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svcg@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

I can’t tell you my favourite number. It’s illegal.

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felsiq@piefed.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Wikipedia starting the background section off with:

A number may represent some type of classified information or trade secret, legal to possess only by certain authorized persons. An AACS encryption key (09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0) that came to prominence in May 2007 is an example of a number claimed to be a secret, and whose publication or inappropriate possession is claimed to be illegal in the United States. It assists in the decryption of any HD DVD or Blu-ray Disc released before this date. The issuers of a series of cease-and-desist letters claim that the key itself is therefore a copyright circumvention device,[4] and that publishing the key violates Title 1 of the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

And putting the “illegal” number right in the article is so peak Wikipedia lmao

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kat_angstrom@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Oh, that’s interesting, I appreciate that. Strangely, I’ve heard of illegal primes before somewhere, but not illegal numbers as a whole. Thanks!

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