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'Run unapproved software'. What's the difference between asking a calculator to add 1 to 2, and asking a scripting engine to add a to b?

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It'll take you a lot longer to violate intellectual property law with the stock calculator.

I guess it depends on definitions - you can just type in the AACS number if the calculator has enough digits.

Were one so inclined, anyone comfortable with embedded programming and electronics could make an arbitrary calculator perform the critical decryption calculation.

It would be slow as hell, but it's proof of the underlying theme: attempting to ban general purpose computing is insane.

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