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I foresee an arms race here. Next gen FTDI clones will work around this driver detection. Next FTDI driver has new detection code. Iterate until the counterfe
by Zizzle 12y ago
I foresee an arms race here.
Next gen FTDI clones will work around this driver detection.
Next FTDI driver has new detection code.
Iterate until the counterfeit chips are indistinguishable from the real thing via software.
- Zikes 12y agoThat's the arms race that's already in place. The new one will take place in a courtroom.
- mariuolo 12y ago> Iterate until the counterfeit chips are indistinguishable from the real thing via software. Will they still cost less?
- TheLoneWolfling 12y agoProbably
- jessaustin 12y agoBut... innovation! Seriously, though, this just looks like extracting economic rents from the fact that their vendor ids come pre-installed in certain OSes.