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> [Manufacturer] still has control over what it runs. "If you can't open it, you don't own it." Couldn't you say that for just about anything containing an int
by frou_dh 15y ago
> [Manufacturer] still has control over what it runs. "If you can't open it, you don't own it."
Couldn't you say that for just about anything containing an integrated circuit?
- Someone 15y agoBecause of decennia of price drops of electronics, they get rarer, but there still are mechanical clocks and egg timers without an IC in it. These used to be screwed closed, but nowadays, the housing typically cannot be opened. So, a proponent of that claim should even it to some things without an IC.
- sp332 15y agoIt may be infeasible, but at least it's not illegal.
- th0ma5 15y agonot entirely unfeasible... i hear they tracked down directv hackers through their use of electron microscope-like devices