• catsup@lemmy.one
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    28 days ago

    Proprietary encryption key

    What if the key was in a book? It would have to be protected by free-speech, which makes it uncensorable.

    What if the key contents were used as hex values to make a flag? Would you censor a flag too?

    No such thing as “proprietary encryption keys” exist.

    • pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online
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      28 days ago

      The key wasn’t used in a book or in the hex values for a flag. That’s like saying the formula for Coke can’t be proprietary because it could be put in a book.

      Software can absolutely be proprietary, and that key is part of the software.