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GL.iNet hasn't released all sources to the firmware of their Brume 3 security gateway device, because it claims that code "heavily relies on Realtek's proprietary SDK" which is "under a strict NDA".

The community claims that this code is now covered by GPL.

We await a response from GL.iNet.

You might find it better to read the case rather than a BBC News article. It contains the legal details and should help answer your questions. Be sure to click into the attachments.

https://www.catribunal.org.uk/cases/16897724-consumers-assoc...

The OM-3 is fine ergonomically, for me at least. The thumb pad on the back is very comfortable and balances the body very well. I held off buying one for a while because of ergonomic concerns but in practice it’s been great.

All goes to the saying “this is why we can’t have nice things”.

Agreed.

I was merely citing use of Cloudflare as evidentiary, not determinative.

I am not so sure about the relevance of billing entity. I suspect that how Cloudflare chooses to bill is as much driven by tax (especially transfer pricing) as anything else. I also think there are as-yet-unanswered questions about the role of CDNs and similar “global” infrastructure providers, and the impact of using their services as subcontractors (cf intermediaries), in interpreting jurisdiction. These services are obviously different to the “traditional” autonomous systems (routed networks). I am not sure that the law has caught up with this yet. But that is a tangent.

Thanks for the thoughtful debate.

We are essentially saying the same thing. 4chan targets UK users through advertising and equipment location.

I am no fan of the OSA but this spat is also not showing 4chan or its fan-base to be particularly mature or legally savvy (quelle surprise).

MLAT applies only to a narrow set of legal procedures, essentially around criminal activity. I’m a lawyer but this is very specialist stuff. I’m not expert enough to opine on whether MLAT applies here but - simply judging by the quality of their respective legal work on display - I’m minded to believe that Ofcom knows what they are doing. OTOH 4chan’s rhetoric reeks of FUD.

Relevant here is that 4Chan appears to explicitly target the UK users for commercial purposes, and potentially (via subcontract to Cloudflare) serves to UK customers from equipment located on UK soil.

Whether one agrees with the policy aims of the OSA or not, there are some complex jurisdictional and enforceability issues at play here. Unfortunately it’s not as simple as you make out.

What “well established process” would apply here ?

What is considered a “strictly necessary” use of cookies is set out in law in a quite a number of countries.

My point is about UX: it could be much slicker if the browser industry standardised the consent mechanism.

You make a good point about lack of incentives.

It’s a bit of both.

It’s not possible to rely on browser controls as-is, because they do not differentiate between necessary and optional cookies.

Browser vendors could agree standards and implement them, exposing these to users and advertisers in a friendly way.

But they haven’t shown any interest in doing this.

I wonder why?

By default, it writes like a teenager. Too verbose. Tighten the drafting.

Most forms of direct marketing require unambiguous consent in the UK (likewise for data collection used for direct marketing). Culturally, many Brits are relatively suspicious of authority and will not consent to the use of their data 'just because'. Loyalty apps are a great invention: they give advertisers a direct channel to the consumer, and the consumer a way to receive something of value in exchange for their deliberate engagement.

It makes sense. As a mostly casual user I couldn’t justify the new model so have kept the previous version, which still works for my needs.

A lot of the bases are covered. It would need a bit more to be fully compliant. The trade-off between simplicity and comprehensiveness is hotly debated in privacy circles.

ICO has brought fines. Perhaps more significantly, privacy activists are starting to bring cases in courts.

Data rights enforcement is nascent/emerging but certainly a space to watch.

The UK ICO has some guidance here: https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/uk-gdpr-guidance-and-re...

+1 Microsoft Word is a very capable piece of software. If Microsoft's software engineers were forced to write board papers and legal contracts, it would probably be more intuitive too. IntelliSense for defined terms would be amazing.

I wonder if anyone who gets Flappy Dird running at work is ever really likely to be 'in a rush'?

I think the parent is making a joke about Rover cars' reputation in the 1970s.

"The [1976 Rover] SD1 went head-to-head with rivals such as the Ford Granada, Citroën CX and Opel Senator as well as premium models like the W123 Mercedes-Benz and BMW 5 Series – all of which still form the main alternatives. Unfortunately, the big Rover soon gained a reputation for poor quality, reliability issues and a propensity for alarming amounts of rust..."

https://classicsworld.co.uk/guides/rover-sd1-buyers-guide/

Ha! Agree, not the first time the words "rust" and "Rover" have been used together.

Wikimedia is mostly Creative Commons licensed. Not sure that "enriching someone else's product" is entirely fair?

Bear in mind that there are multiple ways for Cloudflare to give law enforcement or intelligence agencies customer information that do not breach one of these six statements.

It doesn’t mean that they are not helpful. Just that - as warrant canaries go - they are not complete.

Not an attack but certainly a person in the middle.

IAAL and advise on data protection and privacy.

Anecdotally I can tell you that the MitM aspect of Cloudflare and other similar providers is not well understood.

My impression is that a lot of people use these services without really understanding the implications.

For example, when you look at some of the risks that privacy laws are trying to protect against, especially access to data by foreign actors (including government agencies) without due process, use of these types of services changes the game.

Sometimes the benefits might outweigh the risks, but the decision to use these types of services should not be taken trivially.

That said, I routinely use Cloudflare for my personal projects.

Lamy Al-star EMR is a popular one. Staedtler Noris also good.

The latter. It is functionally closer to a speculative investment. Litigation is expensive and notoriously uncertain.

Not an accountant but I assume that standards such as GAAP and IFRS cover this?

Agree. It is difficult to resolve trade mark law and use in open source communities. This strikes me as a fair balance. If the Perl community adopted a different logo it would still need an owner to invest in the trade mark and licence / enforce it, or it would likely be abused. Registration and enforcement do not come particularly cheap, especially on a global scale.

Should be an XKCD comic