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plorkyeran on July 24, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Fiat Chrysler recalls 1.4M cars after Jeep hack

"effective" as in "in effect", i.e. it exists and is used, not in that it's actually secure. The law would be rather pointless otherwise, as it would only make it illegal to bypass encryption which cannot be bypassed.

fineman on July 24, 2015 [–]

Right, it's like a password or a door lock. The strength of them isn't the issue, it's more that they communicate the owner's intent.

Effective would probably have more to do with covering all the routes of ingress rather than doing so strongly.

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