chris0x00

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   by chris0x00 3y ago

   I enjoyed your book
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   by chris0x00 7y ago

   Hmm, maybe one of Tibbles' relatives? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyall%27s_wren
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   by chris0x00 8y ago

   IANAL and things may have changed, but it was my understanding that having a copy protection mechanism, even a simple one, gives them better claim to DMCA protection of their content should someone do something they'd like to discourag
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   by chris0x00 9y ago

   As far as prior art on the receiving side lets not forget about good old fashioned crystal radios https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_radio
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   by chris0x00 9y ago

   I agree calling it a cell phone sets the wrong expectations, but it's still neat and I think a good application could be an elder care pendant (help, fallen, can't get up, yadda yadda) where close promity and custom base station a
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   by chris0x00 9y ago

   So this uses vibrations caused by our voice to change the effectiveness of the antenna to absorb power from the base station right? Base station then interprets the varying current draw as amplitude modulated audio and Bob's your uncle
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   by chris0x00 10y ago

   That's an interesting point, otherwise I'd say it's basically the Windows equivalent of LD_PRELOAD. Running executables from the "downloads" directory is certainly a thing though, never realized the security implica
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   by chris0x00 10y ago

   I was briefly concerned before dismissing this all as absurd. Surely we aren't more likely to hold tech companies responsible for the actions of their users than we are to hold gun manufacturers responsible for theirs.
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   by chris0x00 10y ago

   This looks like it might be inline with a philosophy that I've been developing independently. I should totally read this article at some point.
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    by chris0x00 10y ago

    Thanks, came here to say the same thing. This was as surprsing to me as the first time a spammy website started vibrating my phone (dom.vibrator.enabled)
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    by chris0x00 10y ago

    I have to agree with you. My take away was: "The key to having more money is to have more money."
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    by chris0x00 10y ago

    Doesn't this violate iPhone SDK Agreement section 3.3.2, or has that changed?