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Hack an Oscilloscope, Get a DMCA Take-Down Notice From Tektronix

Posted by timothy on from the keep-both-pieces dept.

An anonymous reader writes with the news that Hackaday published an article on the poor security of the add-on modules that Tektronix sells as expensive add-ons to unlock features in certain of its oscilloscopes. The reader writes: "It has come to attention of Tek's legal eagles and they now want the article to be taken down. Perhaps they can ask Google to forget that page?"

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  1. Re:Perhaps they can ask Google to forget that page by MrKaos · · Score: 4, Funny

    Also, for it to be a DCMA,

    Sorry, DMCA. damn typo.

    It's an acronym for Digital Control My Ass, so you were right the first time.

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  2. Re:Not people by MrKaos · · Score: 4, Funny

    Corporations are not people

    but Solyent Green is.

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  3. Re:Perhaps they can ask Google to forget that page by JosKarith · · Score: 1, Funny

    And here I was thinking it was Don't Copy My Ass...

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  4. Re:Wayback Machine by Sockatume · · Score: 5, Funny

    So it turns out that the "module" is just an EEPROM which contains the module's own product SKU. Which is information that Tektronix provides in their own catalogue. Genius. Nobody will never crack that code.

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  5. Re:Not people by BigT · · Score: 4, Funny

    It varies from person to person....

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