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Originally Posted by ahi
I expect there is nothing more delightful than filtering a password-encrypted .zip file called "3a35f13.zip" that contains a password-encrypted .zip file called "3a35f13c.zip" which in turn contains the "best" of J.K. Rowling.
I mean... you can tell it's illegal just by looking at the filename!!
Personally, I hope every content provider that wastes any substantial amount of time and/or resources on combating piracy is eventually bankrupted by it. We'll be left both with better content and a more free and civil world.
- Ahi
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You can't tell that it's illegal. It could very well be an archive of legitimate data that one person wants to share with a small group of potential clients, but has encrypted it to prevent people from nosing around in it. Microsoft themselves use the security through obscurity model. The data could be server logs, business brochure examples, or just pictures grandma with an address book of emails that you wouldn't want spammers to get.