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Re:Reverse-Engineering the LCD Display Interface of the Nest... by pabs3 on Friday September 26, 2025 @12:02AM (#45382494)
There is a constant stream of artificially obsolete devices, its a lot of work to keep up with that. Seems like we need a Reverse Engineers Anonymous co-operative to revive hardware and donations and pay people to do the work.
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Re:Reverse-Engineering the LCD Display Interface of the Nest... by hdx19 on Friday September 26, 2025 @01:03AM (#45382843)
For devices that are connected to internet it should be a best practice at least and probably an obligation to open source the firmware / code that drives the object when the company decides it wants to stop providing security updates.
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Re:Reverse-Engineering the LCD Display Interface of the Nest... by pabs3 on Friday September 26, 2025 @03:21AM (#45383737)
Copyright law should require source code escrow before the software is protected under the DMCA provisions.
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