Locked out of 'God Mode', runners are hacking their treadmills

Re:Locked out of 'God Mode', runners are hacking their tread... by npteljes on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @05:06PM (#29986700)

The remedy to that is that the thing will stop working after a while - like how Intel x86 CPUs turn off after 30 mins without their precious spy co-processor[0], or how Diablo 2 Resurrected discontinues working after 30 days of being offline[1]. Of course another remedy is that you're free to buy a similar thing from another manufacturer, that's not completely dropped the ball on the issue. That is, until all of the manufacturers drop the ball, like how the situation is with x86 CPUs and Intel ME / AMD ST. The true remedy would be well thought out, well enforced legislation. But yeah, I'm not holding my breath either.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Management_Engine#Undocu...

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29977673

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Re:Locked out of 'God Mode', runners are hacking their tread... by Buttons840 on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @05:54PM (#29987311)

I don't know what scares me more, the fact that all manufacturers might go down this path, or that our society might reward them for doing so.

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Re:Locked out of 'God Mode', runners are hacking their tread... by loceng on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @05:42AM (#29992031)

If we organize as a society, which in part means educating along with fixing the voting systems in most places to be fair and balanced (like by drowning out industrial complex lobby money by giving every eligible voter a $100/year voucher to contribute to the politician of their choice they feel best matches their interests), then we make laws to prevent such abusive-exploitive behaviour by companies.

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