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Re:An Anomaly in the μTorrent network by sneak on Monday May 21, 2012 @02:48AM (#4001641)
Last I checked, nobody's requiring government-issued ID for generating RSA keys.
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Re:An Anomaly in the μTorrent network by dolbz on Monday May 21, 2012 @03:38AM (#4001759)
No but if you're caught with a hard drive full of pirated material AND the encryption keys for those releases then you're gonna have a hard time in court. The keys need not be government issued to prove you're responsible.
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Re:An Anomaly in the μTorrent network by sneak on Monday May 21, 2012 @08:53AM (#4002584)
How exactly are they to prove that nobody else has those keys? I think you're overthinking it.
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Re:An Anomaly in the μTorrent network by TeMPOraL on Monday May 21, 2012 @09:46AM (#4002779)
But the whole idea is for them and only them to have those keys; otherwise the system is worthless.
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