Re: OpenFerrari

[Artur Grabowski <art@blahonga.org>]

Yuri K <koroby398@ifrance.com> writes:

> Hello,
> 
> Data security software vendor Meganet Corp. is offering a new Ferrari
> Modena 360 to anyone who can break its flagship Virtual Matrix
> Encryption. If you prefer cold cash, Bodacion Technologies promises
> $100,000 to any hacker savvy enough to break the encryption on its
> Hydra Internet servers.  

Let's put those "hacking" contests in some perspective, shall we? Those
contests are offering whiner prizes. The Third Reich offered the victory
in World War II to those who could break their flagship Enigma Encryption.

Now, that's was a contest. What we're seeing here is just marketing.

//art