FTDI driver kills fake FTDI FT232s

Re:FTDI driver kills fake FTDI FT232s by Zizzle on Wednesday October 22, 2014 @01:59PM (#8494040)

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.

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Re:FTDI driver kills fake FTDI FT232s by Zikes on Wednesday October 22, 2014 @03:58PM (#8494779)

That's the arms race that's already in place. The new one will take place in a courtroom.

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Re:FTDI driver kills fake FTDI FT232s by mariuolo on Wednesday October 22, 2014 @04:49PM (#8495027)

> Iterate until the counterfeit chips are indistinguishable from the real thing via software.

Will they still cost less?

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Re:FTDI driver kills fake FTDI FT232s by TheLoneWolfling on Wednesday October 22, 2014 @08:55PM (#8496158)

Probably

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Re:FTDI driver kills fake FTDI FT232s by jessaustin on Wednesday October 22, 2014 @10:24PM (#8496418)

But... innovation!

Seriously, though, this just looks like extracting economic rents from the fact that their vendor ids come pre-installed in certain OSes.

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