{"id":2550,"date":"2014-08-06T18:22:56","date_gmt":"2014-08-06T16:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/?p=2550"},"modified":"2014-08-06T16:49:12","modified_gmt":"2014-08-06T14:49:12","slug":"streisand-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/?p=2550","title":{"rendered":"Streisand Effect"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s a hoary old bit of Internet folklore, that in the mists of time when dinosaurs<\/a> roamed the computer rooms, there existed a machine which could be upgraded by cutting a single wire<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In other words, the machine shipped with more power than you paid for, with some kind of a silicon handbrake to cripple the hardware until such time as you could afford to pay for an upgrade.<\/p>\n

But that’s long ago and we do things differently now<\/del> some people don’t learn from history.<\/p>\n

Because apparently Tektronix sells equipment with built-in capabilities that costs money to enable, except if you can program an EEPROM<\/a>. And not with some encrypted password or string, no, apparently plain text available straight off of Tektronix’ website will do the trick<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So after Hackaday linked to Oontz’ website<\/a>, Tektronix got all butthurt and issued a DMCA takedown<\/a> notice.<\/p>\n

Notes to Tektronix:<\/p>\n

1. Streisand Effect<\/a>. I wouldn’t have written this post if you had not got all upset.<\/p>\n

2. Wayback Machine<\/a>. Jason saved it all for us<\/a>. Including the original post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

3. Once the cat is out of the bag<\/a>, it becomes trivial to replicate. Even if you DMCA the Wayback Machine, and me, and everyone else… you still lose. See Note 1.<\/p>\n

So, learn from this and design better security next time.<\/p>\n

 

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