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diff --git a/markdown/2020_04_what-could-go-wrong-with-devices-that-have-non-replaceable-batteries.md b/markdown/2020_04_what-could-go-wrong-with-devices-that-have-non-replaceable-batteries.md index cab44c9..c87020a 100644 --- a/markdown/2020_04_what-could-go-wrong-with-devices-that-have-non-replaceable-batteries.md +++ b/markdown/2020_04_what-could-go-wrong-with-devices-that-have-non-replaceable-batteries.md @@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ the device in the fridge each time people came by. Sometimes he forgot to put the device in the fridge and started to have political and/or intimate conversation and at some point he remembered the device and had to go put it in the fridge in the middle of the conversations. -That was very weird. Especially the "Can you wait a second? I've to put the -phone in the fridge." part. +That was very weird. Especially the “Can you wait a second? I've to put the +phone in the fridge.” part. In addition to all these issues, we also had the device crash during development, however we couldn't wait until the battery was fully depleted as @@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ He was charged with: He plead innocent for all of the charges, and most of the charges were dismissed: -* The "explosive device" was in fact the Samsung SM-N930F, which is best +* The “explosive device” was in fact the Samsung SM-N930F, which is best known as Galaxy Note 7. As many other people also had one at some point, the court dismissed that charge, especially because this wasn't done on purpose. The judge also said that they couldn't condemn people for being @@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ dismissed: fair use. Various leaked documents like the Snowden documents, or Wikileaks revelations were also used during the case to prove that some leaked documents could be considered as fair use. The fact that the - documents had "proprietary" markings was also not sufficient as many + documents had “proprietary” markings was also not sufficient as many public documents also still bear markings that were just not removed. * Counterfeiting was also dismissed because no proof of violation of @@ -323,9 +323,9 @@ However he was still charged with the following: Subpoena and other declarations: -* The court also gave him a subpoena "Be more careful next time and work on +* The court also gave him a subpoena “Be more careful next time and work on more constructive things like adding support for phones with a removable - battery only." to which the developer agreed. + battery only.” to which the developer agreed. * He also declared that rushing to add support for a phone wasn't a good idea either, as because of that, he didn't realize that the device was a @@ -347,13 +347,13 @@ back, the following conversations occurred when filling the list of hardware: * Developer: It's a UART adapter for smartphone, you know behind the USB connector there is [very long technical explanations]. -* Employee: Let's write "UART adapter for smartphone". +* Employee: Let's write “UART adapter for smartphone”. * Developer: It also probably works on tablets you know, and it can also do many other things other than UART, like power on the phone and switch modes [very long technical explanations]. -* Employee: Let's write "complicated computer hardware". +* Employee: Let's write “complicated computer hardware”. Or: @@ -363,12 +363,12 @@ Or: the phone modem, there is a standard called terminal profile which has many privacy implications like [very long explanations]. -* Employee: Let's write "SIM card tracker". +* Employee: Let's write “SIM card tracker”. * Developer: It can't track SIM cards at all, but it can trace the protocol [very long explanation again]. -* Employee: Sigh, let's write "complicated computer hardware" again. +* Employee: Sigh, let's write “complicated computer hardware” again. Or: @@ -378,11 +378,11 @@ Or: Libreboot, this has many freedom implications like [very long explanations]. -* Employee: Let's write "vintage computer". +* Employee: Let's write “vintage computer”. * Developer: But I use that computer you know [very long explanations]. -* Employee: Sigh, let's write "complicated computer hardware" again. +* Employee: Sigh, let's write “complicated computer hardware” again. Or: @@ -390,12 +390,12 @@ Or: * Developer: It's just a usual Galaxy S II (GT-I9100G). -* Employee: Let's write "Galaxy S II". +* Employee: Let's write “Galaxy S II”. * Developer: I've also a Galaxy S II (GT-I9100) which has a very different system on a chip [very long explanations]. -* Employee: Sigh, let's write "complicated computer hardware" again. +* Employee: Sigh, let's write “complicated computer hardware” again. Or even: @@ -415,13 +415,13 @@ Or even: * Developer: [very long explanations starting]. * Employee: Sorry [interrupting the developer], bad idea, forget about my - question, let's again write "complicated computer hardware". + question, let's again write “complicated computer hardware”. At the end the developer got it all back, and the staff said it was the strangest set of seized equipment they ever seen. He then was unavailable during a full week, as he was reflashing all the -"complicated computer hardware" for security reasons. That meant that in +“complicated computer hardware” for security reasons. That meant that in practice he had to reinstall Libreboot[1] or other fully free versions of Coreboot that he used, Parabola[2] on all the desktops, laptops, servers, single board computers and smartphones that weren't fully encrypted, @@ -436,20 +436,20 @@ reinstalling everything. If the hardware had to run nonfree software, it would have been a different story. Besides about 1 month of Apache logs, and the phone number of his contacts, -not much was exposed. We also hope that Android "Factory erase" worked fine on +not much was exposed. We also hope that Android “Factory erase” worked fine on the SM-N930F but we can't know as we didn't try to recover any data. The only device he didn't got back was the Samsung SM-N930F, as it was probably kept or disposed by the Justice Department. -About the lost of the device, the developer commented: "I lost weeks [of work] -because of that shitty phone", "I don't want that phone anywhere near me.". +About the lost of the device, the developer commented: “I lost weeks [of work] +because of that shitty phone”, “I don't want that phone anywhere near me.”. It turned out that, in addition to his allergy to nonfree software, freedom and privacy violations, that developer now became allergic to non-replaceable -batteries as well. "Deciding to make devices with non-repleacable batteries is +batteries as well. “Deciding to make devices with non-repleacable batteries is completely insane, it would be very important to ask ourselves how we got -there." that developer commented. +there.” that developer commented. ## References: |