The court found, basically, that Schwartz had diluted Intel's ability to preserve the confidentiality of the password data; since passwords have value "only so long as no one else knows what they are", Intel had "lost" something, even though it still had the actuall password data.
Ah, well, since the password file does not actually contain the passwords, that would not be a problem....
-- J. David works really hard, has a passion for writing good software, and knows many of the world's best Perl programmers
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The court found, basically, that Schwartz had diluted Intel's ability to preserve the confidentiality of the password data; since passwords have value "only so long as no one else knows what they are", Intel had "lost" something, even though it still had the actuall password data.
Ah, well, since the password file does not actually contain the passwords, that would not be a problem....
J. David works really hard, has a passion for writing good software, and knows many of the world's best Perl programmers
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My comment stands without alteration.
J. David works really hard, has a passion for writing good software, and knows many of the world's best Perl programmers