I read the news today, oh boy.

The fact that the encryption method is well-known and ineffective is irrelevant. The schemes used by both CSS and the software mentioned in the story I linked are also relatively facile, known and ineffective.

The fact that you were decrypting content with IP rights not belonging to ActiveState is irrelevant. Digital rights management systems are not designed to protect the IP rights of the system's designers, but the rights of the licensees and users of the system. To that end, the DMCA criminalizes any attempts to circumvent the system, even if you are circumventing to gain access to your own IP.

That said, I wouldn't fret over it too much, but if you see a band of men wearing suits and earpieces jump out of a black, unmarked Suburban, it couldn't hurt to start walking briskly in the other direction :-p 

   MeowChow                                   
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In reply to (MeowChow - be afraid) Re: Security, is it to much to ask? by MeowChow
in thread Security, is it to much to ask? by tachyon

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