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Finally, I will summarize the findings and provide a few tips to fellow engineers in hopes that these kinds of mistakes will not be made again.

On the other hand, those of us who like to actually own our hardware very much hope that these mistakes do happen again. :-)



And I would prefer a legal solution to that. Cryptography is great when you control the keys.

Do not allow restricted devices on the mass market if the legal owner is unable to override the restrictions.


Why should restricted devices be forbidden? The device is on the market, you know beforehand it's restrictions, and you are free to buy it or not.


Because the feudal model of today must be destroyed since i consider it harmful.


Calling a voluntary consumer purchase a "feudal model" is really stretching it.




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