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Stephen Fry and DVD Jon Back USB Sniffer Project

Posted by Soulskill on from the mainstream-hacking dept.

An anonymous reader writes "bushing and pytey of the iPhone DevTeam and Team Twiizers have created a Kickstarter project to fund the build of an open-source/open-hardware high-speed USB protocol analyzer. The board features a high-speed USB 2.0 sniffer that will help with the reverse engineering of proprietary USB hardware. The project has gained the backing of two high-profile individuals: Jon Lech Johansen (DVD Jon), and actor and comedian Stephen Fry."

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  1. Re:Stephen Fry's previous good stuff: gnu bday by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Stephen Fry is an old man enjoying popularity with the young crowd by latching himself on to things he doesn't really understand.

    The minute he is criticised or meets some opposition to his actions he will storm off in a pathetic strop.

  2. Re:Stephen Fry's previous good stuff: gnu bday by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    If you consider the slight convenience advantage of the iphone worth sacrificing the freedom of an open system, you don't care a lot about freedom. Everyone will support freedom when doing so doesn't cost them anything.