Quote Originally Posted by NJCaNS View Post
"AndrOINC is a boinc project trying to break a 1024 bit RSA key used by Motorola to sign the boot and recovery partitions on the Motorola Milestone. If this key could be broken, we would be able to sign our own boot/recovery images, which would enable us to run custom kernels and recovery images on the Milestone. "

I was wondering if it's actually legal or how legal it is to so blatantly sit there and "hack" a private encryption key? Are we now accomplices in a criminal activity?
One could argue that it isn't illegal to pick a lock. You just can't open the door because that's when it becomes breaking and entering. The cops on TV always try the doorknob and if it is open assume they can enter and everyone knows that if you see it on TV or read it on the Internet, it must be true.