Notices by Ben Bradley (benbradley@mastodon.online)

@404mediaco Looks like a soon-to-be-classic "Copyright Law says we can do this" vs. "Right To Repair" case. It seems this NEWAG threatening "hackers" while asking The Government to protect its "right" to screw with train service (all "service" puns intended) is a bit risky, though it may be an opportunity for Government Officials to receive some Clarence Thomas-like off-the-record funding.

I hope that sentence isn't too long.

@roadriverrail @cmdrmoto @LambdaCalculus I agree, it would have made sense to do this when ASCII was made legal on ham bands, back in 1980 or so.

@thomasfuchs I heard consumer advocate Clark Howard on his radio show raging about Doubleclick's cross-site tracking cookies, and telling how to opt out on Doubleclick's site, in the year 1997. I presume there's no opting out now. The WWW has been this way just about from the start.

@rcarmo @thomasfuchs I thought that pic was an Alphasmart model! I didn't keep up at the time, never heard of eMate, but it appears no one else did either (CW a company in trouble!):
https://dylan.tweney.com/1998/03/17/emate-technology-that-never-had-a-chance/