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FDSGSG
7y ago
I don't think any of these apply unless the person was in custody or there's a known warrant or process for their arrest. Therefore it's not clear to me if skipping bail is covered by any of these laws (until after an arrest
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FDSGSG
7y ago
>Harboring a fugitive The federal Harboring statutes do not appear to cover skipping bail (until an arrest warrant is issued). >obstruction of justice Obstruction of justice is a much more complicated topic, but I don't see any s
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7y ago
> it's that they tend to at very best get a slap on the wrist after the fact, and usually less than that. Unless I'm missing something, that hardly seems relevant in regards to the question presented by the article.
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FDSGSG
7y ago
How come you decided to buy the IPace? By all accounts it seems to be a terrible car.
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FDSGSG
7y ago
This sounds super far fetched to me. Journos wouldn't pass on a good story like this.
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7y ago
How can this possibly work? Do they just not prosecute these people then?
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FDSGSG
7y ago
Evidence seems to suggest otherwise. Unless you think the war-lovers are not people, which is pretty harsh, but perhaps what they deserve.
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7y ago
Because a dude wants to get re-elected, or because many Americans absolutely love war? This strategy couldn't work if the former wasn't true.
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FDSGSG
7y ago
>Apple can't just force one to accept the EULA. If downloading an ipsw requires an EULA and I don't agree with it, it's not my fault if Apple still allows me to get the ipsw. If I'm not supposed to download AT&T c
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7y ago
Presumably you have to accept an EULA to run iTunes in the first place, right? Perhaps there's even another license agreement that pops up before you can download firmware. >You can use ipsw.me, which does not pirate anything since
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7y ago
>Can anyone familiar with CC processing provide insight on whether that's a reasonable explanation? It is not.
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7y ago
> and instructing the restore tool not to contact Apple servers for kernel / device tree / firmware signing.
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FDSGSG
7y ago
Where do you get those IPSW links without accepting an EULA? Apple does not publicly link to them. Sure, you can pirate from ipsw.me and the likes.
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FDSGSG
7y ago
> Is there anything these monsters can be prosecuted for? Quite possibly the federal cyberstalking statute.
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FDSGSG
7y ago
Well, he did say "PC game buyers " :)
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FDSGSG
7y ago
Depends on who's being spammed and what kind of techniques the phishing site employs to resist safebrowsing. Single-use links and various browser fingerprinting techniques are common and fairly effective. Beyond that it comes down to w
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7y ago
> Therefore even honest buyers use the cracks, to get rid of it. How many of these cracks actually fully get rid of denuvo? I'm not familiar enough with current developments, but most DRM patches I've seen didn't actually
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7y ago
>Just because it happens doesn't mean there's something wrong with the technology. This is the real-life equivalent of walking into a shop that's branded "AyeAye" when paying your "EE" bill. I would gue
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7y ago
Phishing is so lucrative that a $100 fee on domain registrations would do literally nothing to combat it. 20-30 victims can easily earn the phisher $1000
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FDSGSG
7y ago
So how did you get that link without accepting any EULAs? Apple does not make IPSW download links publicly available.
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FDSGSG
7y ago
> Jailbreaks do modifications to iOS but they are legal As your subsequent comment points out, jailbreaks are specifically exempt. Corellium performs modifications to crack iOS's licensing, which is clearly distinct from jailbreakin
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FDSGSG
7y ago
Nah, a real user would use apple updater software to download the IPSW. That'd involve accepting Apples licenses and whatnot. You can't find the IPSW download links on Apples websites, they're all sourced by reverse engineeri
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7y ago
>I don’t think they distribute the IPSW themselves. What about the screenshots linked in the article?
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7y ago
> All Corellium has done is virtualize hardware that can run iOS This is a downright lie. >The Corellium Apple Product makes modifications to iOS that allows it to be installed on, and run from, Corellium-developed or Corellium-operat
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7y ago
I don't believe anyone doubts that.
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7y ago
> Apple releases an OS, which anyone can download, without any authorization, from their website, seemingly for free Microsoft does the same with Windows. Can I rent out VMs running cracked copies of Windows now?
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7y ago
That's just a free cover to make their sales to IC exploit developers seem more palatable.
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7y ago
> and is likely literally just throwing IPSW files Actually they go a bit beyond that. From the apple filing: >The Corellium Apple Product makes modifications to iOS that allows it to be installed on, and run from, Corellium-developed
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7y ago
I don't think anyone at Apple would be all that upset over that. A publicly released exploit is better than one privately sold to intelligence agencies. It's specifically the latter market that Corellium seeks to serve.
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7y ago
>So useful, in fact, that Apple tried to buy the company It's not like Apple can't virtualize iOS. Beyond that, I feel like this article could've done a much better job representing Apples claims. The author attempts to pa
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