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It broke hoobs and crashes its security camera plugins. Most people would consider that pretty heavy damage.

by viro 5y ago

deadbunny 5y ago
Good to know not to use that software then.
- viro 5y ago
  if you want to use non-homekit devices with homekit you kind of have to.
  - CRConrad 5y ago
    "Kind of" is doing some pretty heavy lifting there. No, you don't "have to"; you're perfectly free to write your own software in stead. Or even just use a prior version of his code that does what you want it to, in stead of blindly updating to one that doesn't. He didn't force you (or the writers of whatever software you're using) to update, now did he?
pritambaral 5y ago
Was the author aware that "hoobs and its security camera plugins" were going to break from this push? Or any prod servers, for that matter? I see no code in there that checks if it is running in production. In fact, it is a reasonable expectation that people don't throw code into production blindly, but rather test any changes out first.
- viro 5y ago
  malware is malware. You don't have a right to change ur software to malware. "wElL yOu ShOuLd HaVe Tested" no you shouldn't push software in bad faith designed to crash apps that use it.
  - pritambaral 5y ago
    > You don't have a right to change ur software to malware. Yes, I do. I may not have a right to push malware onto unwilling victims, but I absolutely have a right to change _my_ software however I want. > "wElL yOu ShOuLd HaVe Tested" Please, no need to be childish here. I have not taken that tone, nor will I respond to it in kind here. > no you shouldn't push software ... designed to crash apps that use it. Show me where a `git push` == "push[ing] software ... to ... apps that use it". When the `git push` is to my own repository, mind you, not someone else's app. > ... in bad faith ... Finally, I agree with you on something. Of course this was in bad faith! That was clearly the point. When I write software and put it out there, and somebody comes and uses it, and I break my software to spite them, I am obviously acting in bad faith towards my users. But that does not make it malice, or my software malware. I did not reach down into other people's computers/apps and change what they run.

It broke hoobs and crashes its security camera plugins. Most people would consider that pretty heavy damage.

by viro 5y ago

It broke hoobs and crashes its security camera plugins. Most people would consider that pretty heavy damage.

deadbunny 5y ago

Good to know not to use that software then.

viro 5y ago
if you want to use non-homekit devices with homekit you kind of have to.
- CRConrad 5y ago
  "Kind of" is doing some pretty heavy lifting there. No, you don't "have to"; you're perfectly free to write your own software in stead. Or even just use a prior version of his code that does what you want it to, in stead of blindly updating to one that doesn't. He didn't force you (or the writers of whatever software you're using) to update, now did he?

pritambaral 5y ago

Was the author aware that "hoobs and its security camera plugins" were going to break from this push? Or any prod servers, for that matter? I see no code in there that checks if it is running in production. In fact, it is a reasonable expectation that people don't throw code into production blindly, but rather test any changes out first.

viro 5y ago
malware is malware. You don't have a right to change ur software to malware. "wElL yOu ShOuLd HaVe Tested" no you shouldn't push software in bad faith designed to crash apps that use it.
- pritambaral 5y ago
  > You don't have a right to change ur software to malware. Yes, I do. I may not have a right to push malware onto unwilling victims, but I absolutely have a right to change _my_ software however I want. > "wElL yOu ShOuLd HaVe Tested" Please, no need to be childish here. I have not taken that tone, nor will I respond to it in kind here. > no you shouldn't push software ... designed to crash apps that use it. Show me where a `git push` == "push[ing] software ... to ... apps that use it". When the `git push` is to my own repository, mind you, not someone else's app. > ... in bad faith ... Finally, I agree with you on something. Of course this was in bad faith! That was clearly the point. When I write software and put it out there, and somebody comes and uses it, and I break my software to spite them, I am obviously acting in bad faith towards my users. But that does not make it malice, or my software malware. I did not reach down into other people's computers/apps and change what they run.