XPost: comp.dsp, sci.crypt, sci.electronics.design
From: jya@ieee.org
Eric Jacobsen wrote:
> On 12/22/2009 9:18 PM, Jerry Avins wrote:
>> Archimedes' Lever wrote:
>>> On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:08:44 +0000 (UTC), Rick Jones
>>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Is it "known" that the GI stuff (irony :) isn't cracked?
>>>>
>>>> rick jones
>>>
>>> None of their stuff has ever been cracked.
>>>
>>> There were chips sold that made receivers "all channel" devices that
>>> circumnavigated PPV choices, etc, but NOBODY... EVER... BROKE... ANY
>>> General Instrument crypto schema.
>>
>> Circumnavigated?
>
> Went around, I think. Like claiming the lock on the safe is
> unpickable, but the hinge pins can be easily pulled. Nobody will bother
> to break a weak code when the back door is open.
I would have written "circumvented", but now I understand. Thanks.
Jerry
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