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ahecht t1_j8sqhbn wrote

That article is really misleading.

> The encryption scheme on the URLs also seemed to lack sophistication; as the same researcher told Ars, it took only 65,535 combinations to brute-force,

It only takes 65,535 guesses if you already know the serial number, which is a 16-digit non-sequential alphanumeric string that would take longer than the age of the universe to guess.

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