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Oregon governor signs nation’s first right-to-repair bill that bans parts pairing (arstechnica.com)
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[–] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

If you think it's so easy to break AES-256 then feel free to prove it. The whole world would be amazed at your feat. Clearly all other forms of security are meaningless in the face of paired parts, right?

[–] atrielienz@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Was that my claim? Did I claim this was the only way? Nope. Never claimed that.

[–] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today -2 points 7 months ago

It's not even a way. Because it's not a security measure.