I asked this question some time ago in some random 3DS thread, but never got any answer, so... this is a sort of bump
Anyway, as the title implies, can someone explain to me why leaking keys is illegal? How can a chain of 32 (or 64, or 128, etc) characters be copyrighted?
And let's say I encrypt one of my hard drives. By luck, the key I used to encrypt my HDD is the exact same as the 3DS' common key (I know the probability for this to happen is insanely low). Then, I share this key on the Internet. Would it be illegal, since I don't know that this is the 3DS' key?
Then, if some time later the entire Internet is aware that this key is the same as the 3DS', will Nintendo be able to sue me for sharing my hard drive encryption key?
I know this question is probably a bit weird, but it's been on my mind for some time, and I couldn't find the answer anywhere
(and sorry if this is not the right place for this thread to be posted, I can't really see where I should have put it)
Anyway, as the title implies, can someone explain to me why leaking keys is illegal? How can a chain of 32 (or 64, or 128, etc) characters be copyrighted?
And let's say I encrypt one of my hard drives. By luck, the key I used to encrypt my HDD is the exact same as the 3DS' common key (I know the probability for this to happen is insanely low). Then, I share this key on the Internet. Would it be illegal, since I don't know that this is the 3DS' key?
Then, if some time later the entire Internet is aware that this key is the same as the 3DS', will Nintendo be able to sue me for sharing my hard drive encryption key?
I know this question is probably a bit weird, but it's been on my mind for some time, and I couldn't find the answer anywhere
(and sorry if this is not the right place for this thread to be posted, I can't really see where I should have put it)
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