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Comment ...surely it's a test? Re:a change (Score 1) 340

If they want to test how secure a format is, and they know most people haven't got the connection or the patience to use the bootleg copy anyway, wouldn't they release the most popular film they could - to see how fast it gets cracked, no?

If they know it's too early to do commercially, they don't lose too many sales from a quick, successful crack. And if no-one cracks it for a week, say, they get some good feedback about the quality of the encryption. What they can be sure of is that a lot of people _will_ work hard to crack this [unlike some films, which only a masochist would want a free copy of] -- which matters if they're now standing around looking at their stopwatches while crackers test their security for them.

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