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TI vs. Calculator Hackers
Nyall writes "So a bunch of TI calculator programming enthusiasts got together to factor the keys Texas Instruments uses to sign the operating system binaries for the ti83+ (a z80 architecture) and the ti89/v200 (a 68k architecture) series of calculators. Now Texas Instruments is sending out DMCA notices to take them down."
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Somehow, this just doesn't add up.
Someone in TI's legal dept. who knows what the Streisand Effect is wants these keys publicized.
Well, we can hope that's the reason.
Knowledge is how to play a game, intelligence is how to win, wisdom is knowing what game to play.
I'm shocked to hear that TI is even bothering to sign things. What exactly could be in a calculator that you would want to protect from hackers or end users?
"Oh no, a virus has replaced all my Fourier transforms with Laplace transforms!"
What will they do with people outside the US where the DMCA does not apply?
Get the US government to invade them?
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
I that they so shortsighted would be can't believe!
What will they do with people outside the US where the DMCA does not apply?
Put them on a hacker terrorist watch list and disappear them the next time they partake in a terrorist training camp (e.g. a math conference).
Hang on - it's 2009 and we're still arguing about calculators?
Vi sucks.