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out of all the censored things, they didn't think to censor a product key before declassifying it. I wish I could say I was surprised.
This seems to suggest that the redactions weren't done by legal professionals.
Understatement of the year so far.
The product key didnt have -TRUMP- in it so it's fine
Imagine if it did and the only reason it was censored was because they did a search and find > TRUMP > Make selected text background black.
It's a product key for an old no longer supported* product.
yea but it's still a valid key! the opsec part of me is dying atm.
I don't think a product key is directly a security risk. Though the sloppy undisciplined nature of this release is indirectly a risk I suppose.
I don't believe it's a security risk either, however it's considered a secure token/crediential, so those aren't supposed to be given public.