Digg Says Digg This: 09f911029d74e35bd84156c5635688c0

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A little tumult at Digg this week when Digg removed a post which contained a HD-DVD key which is 09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63-56-88-c0. You've probably seen it when you visit Digg. Now it seems that Digg was contacted to remove the key.

Kevin from Digg said: "In building and shaping the site I've always tried to stay as hands on as possible. We've always given site moderation (digging/burying) power to the community. Occasionally we step in to remove stories that violate our terms of use (eg. linking to pornography, illegal downloads, racial hate sites, etc.). So today was a difficult day for us. We had to decide whether to remove stories containing a single code based on a cease and desist declaration. We had to make a call, and in our desire to avoid a scenario where Digg would be interrupted or shut down, we decided to comply and remove the stories with the code."

The most important thing for me to take notice of is that no portable media can be protected. It has been tried, companies have used secret key's, multiple encryption, and One time pads. But they all have failed in protecting their media. It just was a matter of time for someone to figure it out how to do it on HD-DVD. In the end Digg had put the story back up because there isn't really a thing they can't do about it. Once it's leaked it's leaked.