This is In Case You Still Think Hacking a Code is Impossible
In the JK case where he pleaded guilty under the DMCA, much was devoted to the discovery that he paid $8000 for the purchase of a microscope in a conspiracy to hack n3.
To those wondering how material this piece of evidence is, I'd like to introduce you to a brilliant but notorious hacker, Chris Tarnovsky. Tarnovsky is quite public figure since the days he was involved in smart cards tampering. Amazingly, although charged with piracy through his incredible work, the case fell through with a very minor fine of $1500. What is more amazing is that he actually demonstrated what he did to hack smart cards and was featured in a WIRED interview. He offered his services to Nagravision claiming there is even a better way to encrypt digital signals but he was turned down. His story, though a little dated, and his publicly available demonstration on how to crack a code is still fascinating. You can view the demonstration using a microscope and his story here: hxxp://xxx.wired.com/politics/security/news/2008/05/tarnovsky?currentPage=all
Now you know two things (1) Why the prosecutors of JK presented that piece of evidence and (2) Why there could be many more like Chris Tarnovsky.
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Old news been posted numerous times over and over again.
Aren't we extremely fortunate to have someone whose membership is barely a year and whose number of useful posts overflow with substantially helpful, ingenious, current, and kind remarks - a walking encyclopedia of anything relating to the ancient and current FTA history; a well read intellectual!
Well, sir, I just read about Gottfried Leibniz and infinitesimal calculus - old news of course to you and many others, but fascinating to me and countless others with interest in exploiting binary systems' early beginnings.
So I apologize for bringing Chris "old news" Tarnovsky and Jung Kwak's most recent indictment (last week). I, like other ignoramuses, was (prior to viewing his demonstration of how he prepares to crack a smart card) wondering what the big deal was about Kwak financing purchase of a microscope. (But, of course, that must have been as clear to you as the discovery that the moon is not made of cheese.)
Thus, the invention of the binary system by Leibniz in the 17th century may be really really really very old news but for a few of us trying to catch up on fascinating things about how something that happened 400 years ago could greatly influence today's world, "old news" Tarnovsky and whatever he may currently be up to is still quite interesting and relevant, particularly in the realm of discussing the probability that Tarnovsky wannabes are buying up microscopes by the dozens.
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Aren't we extremely fortunate to have someone whose membership is barely a year and whose number of useful posts overflow with substantially helpful, ingenious, current, and kind remarks - a walking encyclopedia of anything relating to the ancient and current FTA history; a well read intellectual!
not much need for all the sarcasm ... it's common practice to point out if something has been posted before ... trying to belittle another member is uncalled for and against the rules ...
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not much need for all the sarcasm ... it's common practice to point out if something has been posted before ... trying to belittle another member is uncalled for and against the rules ...
Some of the people know it all,
all of the people know some,
but all of the people do not know it all.
There is no one as ignorant as a know-it-all.
Thanks also to the OP for answering the question many feared to ask. ++
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