Category: DRM
Dec
13
What Government and Content Have in Common via WikiLeaks
open source, secrecy, privacy, research, policy, DRMLike many who work in the area of government transparency and secrecy, I've found the recent WikiLeaks trickle-disclosure to be perplexing. Unlike the popular Twitter meme -- ["I don't know if I'm pro-Wikileaks, but I know I'm anti-anti-Wikileaks"][1]… more »
Feb
07
Upgrading unlocked, jailbroken 2G iPhone
system, copyright, hacks, open source, wtf?, chilling effects, DRMSheesh.
Upgrading the firmware in an unlocked, jailbroken iPhone is *not* easy and *definitely* nerve-racking.
Here's what I just had to do to upgrade from 2.2 to 2.2.1:
1. Wrote down all the Cydia apps I had installed. (they're blasted out of… more »
Jan
31
Help the EFF unlock and jailbreak phones!
system, copyright, hacks, open source, berkeley, photos, friends, policy, DRM, legal, development[I did.](http://josephhall.org/papers/20080130-letter-loc.pdf)
Deadline is Tuesday (2/2): more »
Nov
24
If you're a complete idiot like me, you read the news at the [iPhone Dev Team blog][1] and was excited that you could upgrade your 2G iPhone to the new 2.2 firmware with no extra tricks... and you just did it.
[1]: http://blog.iphone-dev.org/post/610… more »
Aug
21
A group of wild and crazy guys -- Eric Rescorla, Stefan Savage, Hovav Schacham and Terence Spies -- spotted a legal notice in a paper towel dispenser at UC Santa Barbara.
It said:
> "This dispenser is subject to restrictions on sale, modification… more »