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The ultimate goal

The ultimate goal

Posted Dec 13, 2008 1:01 UTC (Sat) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091)
In reply to: The ultimate goal by job
Parent article: Free Software Foundation files suit against Cisco for GPL violations

Indeed, passwords are only useful when shared: the owner has to share them with the authenticator to make them work. If whacker shared with you his/her passwords then they would be useful for you to steal his identity (or whatever they protect).

The quote "knowledge is most useful only when it is shared" is surprisingly accurate, even beyond software where it was supposed to be applied.


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