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Oregon governor signs nation’s first right-to-repair bill that bans parts pairing (arstechnica.com)
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[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You said that part pairing is a security measure due to regulation which computers don't have, so that means you think that computers are less secure because they are less regulated, right? Part Pairing is not a security measure, encryptions without part pairing are just as secure.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Lol. That's a poorly worded excuse for a come back that doesn't make an actual point and puts words in my mouth I never said. Additionally it adds meaning to the words I did say that don't make any sense.

Further, since your computer is in fact fairly insecure (look up how easy it is to just completely bypass windows and install Linux) I wouldn't be opening myself up to further arguments in this vein if I were you. Emails get hacked all the time. It's literally a scammers paradise. Know one of the things that prevents spear phishing and other attacks? A physical security key. Or multi factor authentication. What are you even on.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

If you think it's so easy to break AES-256 then feel free to prove it. The whole world would be amazed at your feat. Clearly all other forms of security are meaningless in the face of paired parts, right?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Was that my claim? Did I claim this was the only way? Nope. Never claimed that.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 7 months ago

It's not even a way. Because it's not a security measure.