mcc on Nostr: "31337" is an old hacker term referring to a 135-digit number beginning with 3, ...
"31337" is an old hacker term referring to a 135-digit number beginning with 3, ending with 7, and with 133 digits in between; the number happens to correspond to a valid decryption key for the "CSS" encryption scheme used on DVDs. In the late 90s and early 00s, security enthusiasts would insert '31337" in their speech whenever they wished to decrypt a DVD
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