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There is more to the story, https://twitter.com/forestillusion/status/1341230631913541633 https://twitter.com/forestillusion/status/134123063191354163... The i

There is more to the story, https://twitter.com/forestillusion/status/1341230631913541633 https://twitter.com/forestillusion/status/134123063191354163... The idea that someone modifying hardware and software they legally purchased for the sake of their curiosity - something once called tinkering, would lead to private investigators dig up details, follow the person around, and try and interview their family members etc for pressure points is disturbing. We typically do this for natsec, a private company doing it for a video game that's of little to no consequence in the grand scheme is fundamentally disturbing.

luch 6y ago
Well, sorry to break it for you but private companies have done this for decades. Rupert Murdoch's Pirates is a fantastic book on the subject: https://www.amazon.fr/Murdochs-Pirates-hacking-Ruperts-skullduggery-ebook/dp/B009VA1NVU https://www.amazon.fr/Murdochs-Pirates-hacking-Ruperts-skull... Basically pay-for-TV companies went ballistic in the 90s' and 00s' against hackers, and people died in the process.
shanemlk 6y ago
I'm sure if this person just enjoyed tinkering on the hardware in their office and not spreading code for intellectual property they don't own, we wouldn't be here.