HeartyBeast

Probably works the other way around - FBI detects the problem at various IP addresses, patches them, then contacts the iISP and asks them to contact the customer who had x.y.z IP address

I suspect it might have been problematic to tip off the malware operators that the network was about to be shut down. Apparently customers are going to be informed via their ISPs now. I guess some if them may decide to junk the routers.

How would you like the router owners to have been alerted?

So, are you implying that the malware wasn’t involved in an attempted attack on critical infrastructure? Or do you seriously think the FBI persuaded a judge to let them go this as a front for doing something worse? Or are you just being edgy for the LOLs?

Youngest boomer. Mainly playing League of Legends at the moment as support.

I’d like to apologise to my ADCs in advance - apart from the crappy ones.

They can probably just make it a requirement for OEMs that want to license Windows for a pre-install.

You mean the ones who routinely come out saying how X corporation stole their work and they received nothing for it?

Yes.The ones who routinely use copyright to get some form of payment. I know several people who had their photographs reublished by the Daily Mail and subsequently got payment. It happens. It's an imperfect system, but still one that allows small artists to make a living.

he amount of times an artist “wins” in the system vs a corporation is laughable.

I mean, it really isn't. It's the entire backbone of an industry whereby, for example a photographer or illustrator can supply woirk to a magazine on a single use license. It's how people who supply photo libraries make a living. It's how small bands have at least some protection.

And protecting copyright is supporting big corporations.

Apart from - you know, all the photographers, designers, authors and musicians out there.

I don’t have a particular problem with instances deciding that they want to fund themselves through advertising. When the Fediverse was developing, one of my predictions was that instances would come up with multiple different ways to fund each other including donations, subscriptions and advertising.

Do you never e-mail people with gmail or yahoo addresses?

I did actually click through to the original community to

I'm on kbin.social but subscribe to unitedkingdom on Feddit - look like it is workinhg OK at the moment

Can you give an example of something that actually was innovative, that no-one called innovative?