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kevin_thibedeauyesterday at 7:17 PM1 replyview on HN

Reverse engineering is legal in the US. You just can't disseminate the results if it runs afoul of copyright law or patents.


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bpavukyesterday at 7:26 PM

who said that you still technically cannot disseminate the results? bulletproof hosting and private communications still exist. if law is being used to harm the consumer, the consumer in question has full moral right to speak out against it, and taking ownership of your hardware (like OP tells they did) is one of the best ways