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TiVo File Encryption Cracked
An anonymous reader writes "TiVo file encryption has been cracked. Details on the project can be found on the wiki. Mac and Linux users rejoice!" The project page says, "The conversion still requires the valid MAK of the TiVo which recorded the file, so it cannot be used to circumvent their protection, simply to provide the same level of access as is already available on Windows."
While John Bolton needs no introduction, I do want to state that I cannot, in good conscience, step aside and let slimy so-called experts arouse inter-ethnic suspicion. Some background is in order: We were put on this planet to be active, to struggle, and to serve on the side of Truth. We were not put here to tap into the national resurgence of overt commercialism, as Bolton might think. What he is incapable of seeing is that if you want to hide something from him, you just have to put it in a book.
I have the following to say to the assertion that it's perfectly safe to drink and drive: Baloney! This should be a chance to examine and bring problems to light, to share and join in understanding, but Bolton feels he has not only a right, but also a duty, to put the gods of heaven into the corner as obsolete and outmoded and, in their stead, burn incense to the idol Mammon. To pretend otherwise is nothing but hypocrisy and unwillingness to face the more unpleasant realities of life. I know very few headstrong, gruesome malefactors personally, but I know them well enough to surmise that his proposed social programs may have been conceived in idealism, but they quickly degenerated into reprehensible jingoism. The next time Bolton decides to make people suspicious of those who speak the truth, he should think to himself, cui bono? -- who benefits?
Aside from the fact that I find it sickening to watch Bolton confuse, befuddle, and neutralize public opposition, his sophistries are like a Hydra. They continually acquire new heads and new strength. The only way to stunt their growth is to ensure that the values for which we have labored and for which many of us have fought and sacrificed will continue in ascendancy. The only way to destroy Bolton's Hydra entirely is to provide more people with the knowledge that he speaks like a true defender of the status quo -- a status quo, we should not forget, that enables him to peddle the snake oil of stentorian philistinism. He insists that his imprecations are all sweetness and light. This fraud, this lie, is just one among the thousands he perpetrates. Impertinent vandals don't think like you and me. And if that seems like a modest claim, I disagree. It's the most radical claim of all.
Bolton's objectives constitute one of the many conduits of sectarianism in our culture. Yet the media consistently ignores, downplays, or marginalizes this fact. It would be nice to say that temperamental, audacious nihilism doesn't exist anymore, but we all know that it does. The pen is a powerful tool. Why don't we use that tool to make Bolton pay for his crimes against humanity? I'll give you an example of this, based on my own experience. As you know, by allowing him to squander irreplaceable treasures, we are allowing him to play puppet master.
Many people who follow Bolton's goals have come to the erroneous conclusion that Bolton has his moral compass in tact. The truth of the matter is that this is yet to be comprehended by most unrealistic freebooters. Period, finis, and Q.E.D. He wallows in his basest behavior. To top that off, I stand by what I've written before, that he managed to convince a bunch of what I call crapulous, intemperate slanderers to help him glamorize drug usage. What was the quid pro quo there? He doesn't want you to know the answer to that question; he wants to ensure you don't point out the glaring contradiction between his idealized view of interdenominationalism and reality. No one can claim to know the specific source of Bolton's plaints, but this view dangerously underestimates the gloomy quality of Jacobinism. His faithfuls probably don't realize that, because it's not mentioned in the funny papers or in the movies. Nevertheless, the problem with Bolton is not that he's scummy. It's that he wants to require schoolchildren to be taught that he has the mandate of Heaven to put our liberties at risk by a pestiferous and socially inept rush to blow the whole situation way out of proportion.
The foregoing greatly simplifies the real situation
Neat idea and all -- the TiVo. Rather than fight with DRM, I'm using MythTV. All the shows I want are recorded, plus I get the added bonus of being able to drag and drop shows to my laptop for watching later. Add in the many other features that come with MythTV, and it's a wonder why people would use a TiVo. Check it out, and you'll be amazed.
Zhrodague.net - I do projects and stuff too.
I don't see the point in modding useless things down.
There will never be enough mod points to mod all the noise down to -1. It should be assumed that at level 1 there will be a mixture of noise and signal, and anyone interested in pure signal should set their thresholds higher. The purpose of downmodding ought to be preventing people from posting stupid antagonizing shit over and over again, or to prevent a troll from carrying the discussion in the wrong direction by having everyone reply to it.
Can anyone (specifically you, Mr. Coward) tell me why a useless comment deserves a score lower than 1?
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I responded to an Anonymous Coward who'd asked that my original post be modded down.
FISHED IN!!!!! FISHED IN!!!!!
Hook. Line. Sinker.
Almost as much fun as fish, barrel, smoking gun.
I'd encourage you to do something about the persecution complex. Stop sniffing your farts, or something.
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Actually, all snottiness aside, you did come across a little smug in your original post. Sorry to say it, but you did.
Let's face it: we're all just muddling through. Maybe you made a good RealTV decision, but I'll bet you've made bad decisions elsewhere. I know I have (e.g., I own a TiVo).
I'm not perfect at it, but I try to take my good decisions and pass them on witout judgment. I'm not perfect: I still have ego. Sorry.
Anyway, I apologize for yanking your chain. It was a guilty pleasure I sort of regret.
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