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Re:T-Mobile quietly hardens part of its U.S. cellular networ... by rtpg on Monday October 27, 2014 @10:14PM (#8519213)
>Yes A5/3 is better than A5/1, but I call bullshit on this whole article.

Super pendantic, but the title is 'hardens' not 'makes hard'. If it's better, than it's been hardened. Might not be the best thing available, but that's the meaning of a comparative.

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Re:T-Mobile quietly hardens part of its U.S. cellular networ... by zaroth on Monday October 27, 2014 @11:13PM (#8519366)
Super-duper pedantic, but I would say broken can be considered neither hard nor hardened.
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