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This Group Pays Bounties to Repair Broken Devices—Even If the Fix Breaks the Law (www.wired.com)

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[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago

I can try to summarise my view like this: I believe, that in practice most of critical system repair locks are scam because everyone just hopes that shit will hold long enough; I was writing about why it could be reasonable if it was actually done with proper care by licensed people, and why repairs done by an unlicensed technician could be dangerous