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[–] [email protected] 174 points 5 months ago (4 children)

It's not the real name for the crime, obviously. But, it's true that section 1201 of the DMCA makes it illegal to bypass "access controls", which are so loosely defined that just about anything qualifies. As a result, any device with "access controls" gets to define how you're allowed to interact with it, and if you interact with it in the wrong way, even if you own it, you're committing a felony.

[–] [email protected] 124 points 5 months ago (1 children)

When people ask a farmer how they've managed to keep their tractor running for 50 years

"The secret ingredient is crime"

[–] Glide 78 points 5 months ago

Well then, I guess I'm here to do crime.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 5 months ago

It’s Cory Doctorow’s pet name for it. Like most terms he comes up with, it’s almost too brutally honest to say in polite company.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I need to uno reverse this bitch by suing them for their tv violating the access controls of my house's wifi

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

Male sure there's a EULA up somewhere first.