Post AlEtDbkcDj0L5d9iAS by foone@digipres.club
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(DIR) Post #AlCYdKE7ViI2uoSSie by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-21T19:34:43Z
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I got a bulky tablet computer from ewaste and it turns out the operators of this tablet created an add-on which involved INJECTION MOLDING a piece to hold a USB serial adapter and USB HUB to the back of the tablet. so much work and expense for so little results
(DIR) Post #AlCYtME9q8wBkm7WmO by whitequark@mastodon.social
2024-08-21T19:37:52Z
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@foone are those not tool marks from milling in the bottom groove? can i see a close-up?
(DIR) Post #AlCZCTRFFmVpcWMDCK by manawyrm@chaos.social
2024-08-21T19:39:05Z
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@whitequark @foone yeah, and that looks a lot like delrin, which would fit to milling.
(DIR) Post #AlCZCUDSMX4q22uiLQ by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-21T19:41:15Z
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@manawyrm @whitequark y'all are right!
(DIR) Post #AlCZZGqyD7fbFUGCy8 by jordan@sometimes.social
2024-08-21T19:43:14Z
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@foone outsider art
(DIR) Post #AlCZl1q7rB9a9yTKMa by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-21T19:43:51Z
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okay apparently it's not just a serial port, it's a serial port operating this... whatever this is.
(DIR) Post #AlCZzPA7wNZMY1gNk0 by tech10@bitbang.social
2024-08-21T19:45:19Z
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@foone wtf is that usb stick doing there
(DIR) Post #AlCaJUMwIAZiUIFh3o by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-21T19:46:43Z
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it's an RF module that sends X10 module commands. so this could turn lights on and off? huh
(DIR) Post #AlCaKwKvnKRfW80MQS by Jess@blahaj.social
2024-08-21T19:46:53Z
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@foone All that for X10 RF control of all things.
(DIR) Post #AlCaS46LK9P9csZx3I by gewt@san-junipero.gimme-sympathy.org
2024-08-21T19:48:43Z
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@foone OH. this is either a controller or control interface for home automation
(DIR) Post #AlCaa70wNUa2yctBPU by valthonis@dice.camp
2024-08-21T19:48:39Z
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@foone Holy crap, is that an X-10 powerline networking adapter?
(DIR) Post #AlCanWE7wttUwARwps by mhkohne@mastodon.social
2024-08-21T19:49:20Z
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@foone Module for controlling X10 devices from computer. That means it was probably some kind of low rent home control system.
(DIR) Post #AlCb26qgaPsWZXRVRY by michaelcoyote@mastodon.social
2024-08-21T19:49:28Z
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@foone lol
(DIR) Post #AlCbEeQhYjMqCFGjxI by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-21T19:49:48Z
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This is the tablet itself. It steals a lot of iBook design language. It's a TabletKiosk Sahara Slate PC i400. It's a Core 2 Duo, with a 12" screen.
(DIR) Post #AlCbOFPtPbG7W2Sznk by sconlan@metalhead.club
2024-08-21T19:49:55Z
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@foone home automation controller?
(DIR) Post #AlCbo2RyFA1EpWjjXM by fredbrooker@witter.cz
2024-08-21T19:50:55Z
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@foone passthru serial portby using your computer mouse to point and click on the remote's buttons, you'll have direct control over any X10-compatible lamp or appliance modules in your home automation system, including ON, OFF, DIM and BRIGHT
(DIR) Post #AlCbtqAio47wUHR2dE by Nekoplanet@paquita.masto.host
2024-08-21T19:50:57Z
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@foone a wireless domotic controller?
(DIR) Post #AlCbtrpAfA4pc1MrJo by Nekoplanet@paquita.masto.host
2024-08-21T19:52:56Z
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@foone looked it up and yep, this is for domotic control before the internet of shit was a thing. You would have a transceiver plugged in, controlling lights, and the climate control, and such... and you would control this from a computer interface.
(DIR) Post #AlCc25G2bN0dakr0Mq by k@layer8.space
2024-08-21T19:51:33Z
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@foone home automation woo!
(DIR) Post #AlCcIckzoto87aDhQG by sluicing@macaw.social
2024-08-21T19:52:26Z
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@foone hell yeah time to turn some lamps on via the serialPort
(DIR) Post #AlCcMPWEyqdaDs7jY8 by the_turtle@mastodon.sdf.org
2024-08-21T19:52:21Z
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@foone one of MicroCenter's parade of generic cheap Chinese tablets?
(DIR) Post #AlCccCZyrEKkiyP2nY by axel_hartmann@digitalcourage.social
2024-08-21T19:55:29Z
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@foone radio frequency controller for one-way X10 switched sockets of the late 1990s
(DIR) Post #AlCckIwh4UmWmmtGtc by Jess@blahaj.social
2024-08-21T19:56:53Z
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@foone It sends RF commands to a receiver that is plugged in which sends the X10 commands to the various light and appliance modules.
(DIR) Post #AlCd2JL4LfO5DYsUpU by jbcrawford@hachyderm.io
2024-08-21T19:58:01Z
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@foone I love X10! I wonder if the tablet was used for some sort of janky conference room automation? X10 didn't see a whole lot of commercial use, there were other options in the professional world, but that big chunk of milled plastic seems beyond even the early-era home automation enthusiast.
(DIR) Post #AlCdAaZKAibcyKUcls by clairely_player_one@mastodon.gamedev.place
2024-08-21T19:58:19Z
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@foone someone’s home or office environment control wall mounted unit
(DIR) Post #AlCdiKiXc50ZeitWa0 by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-21T19:59:26Z
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I gave it some juice and it boots! to XP, which is weird. it has a windows 7 serial on it.
(DIR) Post #AlCdiNI42ybzdTWvE8 by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-21T20:05:57Z
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okay I got it working and figured out what it was used for:it was designed to control various devices with IR/X10. I think this was used in some kind of nursing home/hospital, and was designed to be an all-in-one patient control suite.
(DIR) Post #AlCdiOZpGQPhcqqcYC by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-21T20:11:59Z
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The story of Foone B. Turing, in two images.
(DIR) Post #AlCdiPSly8MkNGYVCC by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-21T20:23:10Z
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Got it open. Surprisingly clean inside! The outside was filthy, I heavily cleaned it prior to taking pics.
(DIR) Post #AlCdiQOYVIaRGTaeGG by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-21T20:23:51Z
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It had three network cards inside it.Wifi, Bluetooth, and 56k modem.
(DIR) Post #AlCdiRTYUCBEcGw9h2 by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-21T20:28:01Z
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the hard drive was TAPED in? taped AND screwed? fun thing about the hard drive:it is mechanical and has NO PADDING! on a tablet! designed to be used by hospital patients who might DROP IT!
(DIR) Post #AlCdyRpUwDA4LapgcS by the_turtle@mastodon.sdf.org
2024-08-21T20:02:00Z
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@foone didn't X10 used to have those shitty RF wireless webcam things? They went bankrupt a decade ago.
(DIR) Post #AlCe7xevxvHLfgQa48 by tbr@society.oftrolls.com
2024-08-21T20:02:54Z
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@foone At least with the Vista transition there were *very* good reasons not to run that on the early intel tablets. The performance penalty was insane. XP ran very well.
(DIR) Post #AlCeH2a72AwlXlVBDM by SnoopJ@hachyderm.io
2024-08-21T20:03:52Z
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@foone Win7 on a Core2Duo? OOF.
(DIR) Post #AlCeNaaVVoV6kYoECG by martin_fff@mastodon.social
2024-08-21T20:03:55Z
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@foone network household controls device... see x10 dot com
(DIR) Post #AlCeT7CbgCBfLlGU40 by Specialist_Being_677@hachyderm.io
2024-08-21T20:04:55Z
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@foone that was a pretty popular downgrade license right that people exercised back in the day. I'm pretty sure I've seen case stickers/badges advertising you could do that, mostly on corporate-grade machines.
(DIR) Post #AlCeg2UMW3KWUmjTRg by fozztexx@mastodon.fozztexx.com
2024-08-21T20:04:54Z
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@foone I have one of those connected to my server! I use it to keep my 1970s clock radio synchronized to NTP. (It power cycles the clock at midnight after a power failure.)
(DIR) Post #AlCfM8n3Tf6CCZYFwO by jimp@masto.ai
2024-08-21T20:08:27Z
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@foone Ooh, X10, RF power control stuff. I still have a remote and a couple power switches for that here somewhere. I ditched them for Kasa plugs/strips.
(DIR) Post #AlCftUZ3XgfdI0uHEO by indigoparadox@mastodon.social
2024-08-21T20:16:24Z
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@foone Apparently this interface is supported specifically by #HomeAssistant 😌Seems useful if you wanna make a lateral move for your home automation from a CP-290 attached to a Commodore 64 to a Raspberry Pi running Docker. 😌
(DIR) Post #AlCg7TBzRMNN5Xmb9E by bo_brinkman@mastodon.social
2024-08-21T20:19:40Z
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@foone I used to have one of these so randos could control my dorm room lights from my web page. Young Bo was Real Smart TM.
(DIR) Post #AlCgRoiX7YfhddhtRY by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-21T20:22:11Z
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@danne backups of IR/X10 configs
(DIR) Post #AlChczdmwpgMelNfRQ by devPanda@fosstodon.org
2024-08-21T20:29:44Z
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@foone A better idea than trying to make it tamper proof, but amusing at best.
(DIR) Post #AlCiXP77QW03sOzyAC by boelder@shakedown.social
2024-08-21T20:31:23Z
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@foone Someone didn't want that newfangled Windows 7...
(DIR) Post #AlCicTm5WdLRmOa7cG by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-21T20:29:44Z
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BTW that USB drive embedded in the milled-plastic? it's just a backup of all the REACH configs.possibly because they kept DROPPING THE THING AND FRYING THE DRIVE
(DIR) Post #AlCkgbIJhziUAVkW7E by wcbdata@vis.social
2024-08-21T20:45:12Z
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@foone These are great! Bit-twiddling at its finest!
(DIR) Post #AlCkuT4D5xQghnlOWe by Kancept@allthingstech.social
2024-08-21T20:47:05Z
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@foone I used to have a Firecracker module hooked up to my BeOS machine to control the lighting in my house. Great device and really straightforward to work with.
(DIR) Post #AlClSjk9bB1YGxismu by johnefrancis@mastodon.social
2024-08-21T21:01:17Z
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@foone that's how I want to spend my final days, high on strong opiates, shitting my pants, making the blinds go up and down with a tablet.
(DIR) Post #AlCllhG149fw42fQ5A by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-21T21:03:30Z
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@johnefrancis why wait?
(DIR) Post #AlClv8nE3gpw4RhhZ2 by tekhedd@byteheaven.net
2024-08-21T21:07:53Z
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@foone Possibly from the "buy with7 and downgrade" transitional era?
(DIR) Post #AlCm81BFfmDGE359ns by davidseidl@mstdn.social
2024-08-21T21:10:10Z
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@foone Oh that brings back memories, I used to run FireCracker X10 gear for my first forays into home automation!
(DIR) Post #AlCm9rFnYDaQ1A5OiW by forgifuzzbutt@forgi.social
2024-08-21T21:10:07Z
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@foone My guess is it was prolly wall mounted or on a pedestal as a kiosk of sorts. Those thread inserts look like it’s about the right size for a VESA pattern. We have a similar mount for standalone iPad kiosks at work.
(DIR) Post #AlCmK2aWGW5g49dM7U by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-21T21:11:45Z
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@forgifuzzbutt that'd make sense!
(DIR) Post #AlCmXAG73ZQpcaLYK8 by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-21T21:17:18Z
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so @forgifuzzbutt pointed out the holes in the milled plastic look like they might be VESA, so this was probably mounted on a wall or on an arm
(DIR) Post #AlCnmw8NRKOMOxoSjA by sarayalth@fedi.owo.justdied.com
2024-08-21T21:33:07.552271Z
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@foone Run Touhou? :akko_giggle:
(DIR) Post #AlCnmwjbCwAMGPEBkG by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-21T21:34:33Z
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@sarayalth sadly not. but I'll see if I can install touhou on it
(DIR) Post #AlCoMiZLLrrKktUJhA by TardisMechanic@mastodon.sdf.org
2024-08-21T21:58:18Z
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@foone X10 Firecracker module. Used one on my 486 Linux server with my 1st cable modem in the 90s to monitor the link and power reset the cable modem because it would lock up about once a week. Wouldn’t be surprised the X10 utilities are still around and will compile on Linux or BSD systems.http://www.linuxha.com/bottlerocket/
(DIR) Post #AlCpFKklbEtmoqsFay by johnefrancis@mastodon.social
2024-08-21T22:33:04Z
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@foone kids! 😃
(DIR) Post #AlCvF5BG68oAFKWqki by lispi314@udongein.xyz
2024-08-21T23:35:22.469405Z
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@foone Is it at least one of those special mobile-use HDDs that detects hazardous movement and parks the head(s) automatically to minimize issues?
(DIR) Post #AlCvF6BeMAiPMpig08 by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-21T23:47:55Z
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@lispi314 I don't think so
(DIR) Post #AlCvMbEvIkd1hdpMA4 by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-21T23:48:52Z
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I put it back together and put in the battery to try and charge it, but my one barrel jack adapter that matched the connector started, uh... melting.
(DIR) Post #AlDE5ACMU9yu2f1pWi by otte_homan@theblower.au
2024-08-21T21:17:28Z
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@kenshirriff @foone but ... WIRELESS? In the year of the Lord 2000 ? Amazing! The antenna seems to hint at something in the 100 to 400MHz range (radio, teevee). I wonder what the protocol looked like. #AT commands in plaintext?Amazingly, the X10 website is still alive, and apparently they've heard that USB is also a thing now. https://www.x10.com/products/cm17a
(DIR) Post #AlDE5BC2mpJz7xt5fc by eichin@mastodon.mit.edu
2024-08-22T02:54:10Z
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@otte_homan @kenshirriff @foone Heh, I maintained one of the debian packages for driving these frobs for a while back in the day. They also had cheap wireless cameras - which were (as far as I could tell) analog 2.4ghz FM, completely destroying my house wifi (in the era of the Apple Airport and the Orinoco PCMCIA cards.)(These days I do this kind of thing with Shelly Plugs and BLE - cheaper *and* CE certified...)
(DIR) Post #AlDE5Bw81UBVQtRtVA by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-22T03:19:23Z
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@eichin @otte_homan @kenshirriff yikes. Analog video over 2.4ghz? They must have destroyed the bandwidth of wifi devices!
(DIR) Post #AlDG6cpdiCx32rE1bc by eichin@mastodon.mit.edu
2024-08-22T03:42:14Z
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@foone @otte_homan @kenshirriff yay "unlicensed" bands, yeah.
(DIR) Post #AlDJPQbVhOZwUAH2VU by holgerschurig@emacs.ch
2024-08-22T04:19:11Z
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@foone https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/X10_(industry_standard)Outdated hardware using a protocol from 1975 that never took weeks off.
(DIR) Post #AlDUhnu0uhZBS7tSTI by ranmagender@retro.pizza
2024-08-22T06:25:24Z
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@foone :blobcat_party:
(DIR) Post #AlDW4IYtheb6rlJ4Pg by otte_homan@theblower.au
2024-08-22T06:41:15Z
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@foone @eichin @kenshirriff probably just 500 lines interlaced BW though, so bandwidth maybe not all that excessive ...
(DIR) Post #AlDZYRpE7tIc970ptI by gunstick@mastodon.opencloud.lu
2024-08-22T07:19:46Z
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@foone I think some of the laptop mechanical drives had a drop detector and would park the harddisk heads in case gravity suddenly becomes zero.
(DIR) Post #AlE2BBu43TRim7XOym by xyhhx@nso.group
2024-08-22T12:39:38Z
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@foone hell yea
(DIR) Post #AlEWzszj77cJWaH95k by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-22T18:24:21Z
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@LambdaCalculus I'm gonna!
(DIR) Post #AlEXCBSoGveEHRk8DQ by ajn142@infosec.exchange
2024-08-22T12:40:57Z
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@foone why do I assume your middle name is Bee, like that one episode of the Simpsons where Homer found out that J. was short for Jay?
(DIR) Post #AlEXCCDbSx4ucZdV9U by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-22T18:25:18Z
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@ajn142 heh.Nah, my middle name goes the other way: it stands for "Benoit B. Mandelbrot"
(DIR) Post #AlEqbTcDorZGwhv4W8 by ajn142@infosec.exchange
2024-08-22T22:05:52Z
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@foone but what’s the middle initial in your middle name stand for? 😉
(DIR) Post #AlEqxILgODGcNDaT56 by clb92@mastodon.social
2024-08-22T22:09:21Z
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@foone 15-year-old me wanted that tablet really badly back in 2007-2008 and I watched all the Youtube videos I could find about it. I was kind of obsessed with UMPCs back then.
(DIR) Post #AlErk2x4QKnEoIJzuq by nazokiyoubinbou@urusai.social
2024-08-22T22:18:30Z
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@foone Is it weird that on things I wouldn't ever want to return/RMA/whatever I tend to carefully peel these sorts of labels off in a way that prevents them from actually breaking the seal? It's just kind of on principle. They shouldn't be able to get away with this.
(DIR) Post #AlEtDbkcDj0L5d9iAS by foone@digipres.club
2024-08-22T22:34:06Z
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@ajn142 I explained it here: https://digipres.club/@foone/113007074876251593
(DIR) Post #AlF1AoNtalKz2KhqgS by ajn142@infosec.exchange
2024-08-23T00:04:23Z
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@foone :chefkiss: