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by roastedpeacock 5y ago
Do not think this has been tested under the DMCA statute unfortunately. The closest parallel was when 2600 Magazine was prevented from publishing DeCSS on their website by a court decision. https://www.eff.org/pages/uni
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by roastedpeacock 5y ago
Because of the risks of agent forwarding it is nice to see sensible mitigations from the OpenSSH team.
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by roastedpeacock 5y ago
What can we do to oppose this idiocy that is trampling legitimate fair-use provisions of otherwise licensed content? It's been 10 years since the SOPA protests and while we may have stopped that three headed monster, the global situati
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by roastedpeacock 5y ago
> Shut down the site, or if someone wants to take over the server, it would be possible to upgrade the software with some help of an Invision Board expert Legacy PHP forum software is a piece of work but I sure hope he could donate the s
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Alberta MLA resigns after RCMP searches home after vulnerability report`(cbc.ca)
9 points by roastedpeacock 5y ago|0 comments
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by roastedpeacock 5y ago
Can't comment on certifications but aftermarket performance upgrades that are not from Tesla already exist through hardware modification with some attempt at the "cat and mouse" game of detection and evasion one might expect
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by roastedpeacock 5y ago
Kill-switches are a misnomer. What you really want is a firewall external from your "target" system that blackholes all traffic not to the VPN gateways IP address. Than make sure packets traveling the parent interface are ONLY VPN
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by roastedpeacock 5y ago
It was an unfortunate situation. I don't entirely know how GitHub handled things before the Microsoft acquisition but it also wouldn't surprise me if Microsofts legal department is more risk adverse compared to GitHub internal. &g
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by roastedpeacock 5y ago
> GitHub can't, until at least the the public support is in their favour Public support on which grounds?
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Ask HN: Account Hijacking Risk of Email Accounts and Other Digital Identities
3 points by roastedpeacock 5y ago|0 comments
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by roastedpeacock 5y ago
> I don’t understand why people care about this. The only relevant price is the one you have to pay now If Product A cost $500 at manufacture suggested retail price, was currently on sale for $450 but was sold at $360 a week before that,
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by roastedpeacock 5y ago
IN a world of leeches like Elsevier, his work is much appreciated
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by roastedpeacock 5y ago
From memory the most applicable prior art is the "region free" firmwares for various DVD drives and, the drive hacks used to play "backup" (and some homebrew) games on the Xbox 360 while bypassing some of the attestation