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From: fetrow@entropy.UUCP (David Fetrow)
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Subject: Re: software protection - dongles
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Date: Mon, 8-Jul-85 23:15:10 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul  8 23:15:10 1985
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> 
> "Dongles" are a truely silly idea.  They have the same bug the "key disk"
> idea has -- what if your "dongle" gets trashed? 

  It's a matter of degree though. A key disk is ridiculously suceptable, a
dongle only moderately so. For a copy protection scheme it's relatively
innoculous.