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Re:Polish Hackers that repaired DRM trains threatened by tra... by virtue3 on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @01:13PM (#38631588)
yeah screw this. if they are claiming that they hacked their DRM they should absolutely counter sue that this DRM counts as sabotage and/or domestic terrorism. There was literally code in there that told the trains to stop working after X date if it sat still for X amount of time.

That's bonkers. And criminal.

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Re:Polish Hackers that repaired DRM trains threatened by tra... by p_l on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @02:19PM (#38632750)
Prosecution started working from statues that talk about crimes of preventing someone from operating, as well as manipulation or prevention of proper handling of data relevant to national security and/or transportation.

Neither cares about breaking DRM or IP, but third party (including vendor) manipulation.

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