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541.
by gnu8 11y ago
That would infringe on the end user's right to install their own customized firmware. Seriously though, signed firmware is something that is inevitable but also easy to delay with some shady dealing. With NSA buying a non trivial numbe
542.
by gnu8 11y ago
The definitive SSH client isn't though. PuTTY, SecureCRT and the like are terminal emulators with SSH built in, but those are not the standard. One of the big missing features in Windows is lack of SSH transport. Sure, its terminal emu
543.
by gnu8 11y ago
The good news is that you have standing to bring your case here, to the Hacker News informal court of appeals. It's very likely that a human from Facebook will notice this post and take pity on you. But how many organizations and indiv
544.
by gnu8 11y ago
Indeed it has been hacked. All things have been hacked. http://www.textfiles.com/phreak/BOXES/box-chro.txt
545.
by gnu8 11y ago
Just long enough to unplug fibers, install passive taps, and reconnect.
546.
by gnu8 11y ago
Thanks for providing the voice of reason in this conversation.
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by gnu8 12y ago
edit: all of the above is incorrect and I retract this. If Ubiquiti is in breach of the GPL then their customers cannot receive a license to the infringing work by Ubiquiti distributing it to them, so they're infringing too. I don&#x27
548.
by gnu8 12y ago
You could take their customers to small claims court one by one, they'd each be on the hook for the purchase price of their access points. This would go a long way toward generating publicity and forcing compliance.
549.
by gnu8 12y ago
Whatever these morons have done to the links on their web sites has broken command-click to open a link in a new tab. They need to buy some better web development slaves.
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by gnu8 12y ago
Scorching the earth is the right thing to do. OpenSSL is the sick man of the internet and its community has been dysfunctional to non-functional for years, much like its code. The massive injection of money won't solve that problem in
551.
by gnu8 12y ago
Good question. Maybe a statute against stalking would apply, or perhaps vandalism of a vehicle. These are not major offenses but they'd at least put the identity of the offender on record.
552.
by gnu8 12y ago
I was looking for the prison sentences for the war criminals who committed the murders, but obviously there were none. Every character in that story belongs in a cage.
553.
by gnu8 12y ago
I think the idea is to bring this kind of scale to a wider audience at a lower price point.
554.
by gnu8 12y ago
That is extremely interesting. If it wasn't a legal authority that placed the device, then maybe the police can get involved and subpoena the sim card provider, ISP of whatever host the device connects to, etc.
555.
by gnu8 12y ago
Government surveillance equipment is low volume and high margin, so hand assembly makes sense. The tape also makes sense as a way of disguising the device. A shiny plastic box wouldn't look like it belongs on the car, but most cars hav
556.
by gnu8 12y ago
The vendor obscures the chips because they sell these devices to agencies for thousands of dollars on government purchase orders. It wouldn't do for the customer to discover they could build these things for less than $100 in parts tha
557.
by gnu8 12y ago
If you're a customer, you could raise the issue with VMware through your support channel. You could potentially be at risk of a GPL violation yourself if your license agreement with VMware does not indemnify you.
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by gnu8 12y ago
Nationality is ultimately an obsolete concept. What rational basis is there for people having varying rights and privileges based on what side of an invisible line they currently reside on, or at what latitude and longitude on planet earth
559.
by gnu8 12y ago
Why do the major Xen providers get advance access to the patches while my machines have to sit vulnerable for over a week?
560.
by gnu8 12y ago
This is is supposed to be a feel-good public relations campaign to enhance Google aubsidiary Boston Dynamics' reputation. The reason they need to do that is because one day these machines will be used against humans. They will oppress
561.
by gnu8 12y ago
Are Walmart Labs engineers locked in the store overnight and forced to work off the clock?
562.
by gnu8 12y ago
Which startups are breaking off with Kleiner Perkins over this? I want to know which founders value their principles more than money.
563.
by gnu8 12y ago
What's the significance? Do we need to panic?
564.
by gnu8 12y ago
It will never occur until the workers start making a concerted organized effort to tip the scales the other way. The majority of the profits of any enterprise should go to those doing the work, whether it's driving a car or developing
565.
by gnu8 12y ago
I thought this was interesting in light of the article about Tesla expanding into home batteries. Large energy storage is going to become ubiquitous in the near future, and it will be interesting to see if the batteries will be as maintaina
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The Automobile Storage Battery – Its Care and Repair (1922)(gutenberg.org)
10 points by gnu8 12y ago|4 comments
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by gnu8 12y ago
We should all be aware of the fact that these people are the enemy. They don't do these things to "protect freedom", they do them to destroy freedom. Most of the people on Hackernews are uniquely placed to resist. Secure your
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FBI's “Suicide Letter” to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr(eff.org)
37 points by gnu8 12y ago|4 comments
569.
by gnu8 12y ago
Go to his house and punch him in his goddamn face.
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by gnu8 12y ago
I went on this crusade once, and it was completely unrewarding. I failed utterly to either stomp out the error I was targeting, or to piss anyone off. The best way to enjoy Wikipedia is just to log out and read articles.

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