Comments on: FCC ruling on broadcast flags will effect computers http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2003/11/06/fcc-ruling-on-broadcast-flags-will-effect-computers/ Geek News Central is the technical site for Geeks. We Spin tech for the common man. With a Family of Tech Shows and Content. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:38:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mike M. http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2003/11/06/fcc-ruling-on-broadcast-flags-will-effect-computers/comment-page-1/#comment-710 Mike M. Sat, 08 Nov 2003 14:18:16 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/?p=1781#comment-710 Not halfway through this article I thought of 3 ways around these schemes...and I'm just a Wintendo dork. I did not finish the article. I'm convinced that the garden-variety hacker will always have a technical upper-hand on 'tha man'. (not that they should do anything BAD with their knowledge!) If all *HW* ever becomes 'tagged', then this will be a true police state (US). Hmmm... motherboard smuggling... (yikes!) Not halfway through this article I thought of 3 ways around these schemes…and I’m just a Wintendo dork.
I did not finish the article. I’m convinced that the garden-variety hacker will always have a technical upper-hand on ‘tha man’.
(not that they should do anything BAD with their knowledge!)
If all *HW* ever becomes ‘tagged’, then this will be a true police state (US). Hmmm… motherboard smuggling… (yikes!)

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