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}}Better Way Electronics (BWE) is an Australian company founded in 2018 by Louie Tahiri<ref>Citation needed</ref> (formerly known as Luan Tahiraj<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2025-05-12 |title=ABN History for Louie Tahiri |url=https://abr.business.gov.au/AbnHistory/View?id=63008860471 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250512123652/https://abr.business.gov.au/AbnHistory/View?id=63008860471 |archive-date=2025-05-12 |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=Australian Business Register}}</ref>), who has formerly been convicted for serious crimes involving hacking and the abuse of private information<ref name=":0" />. It is focused around technology repair, and its tech diagnostic software was widely used by both tech repair shops and consumers doing personal repairs globally, especially for modern [[ | }}Better Way Electronics (BWE) is an Australian company founded in 2018 by Louie Tahiri<ref>Citation needed</ref> (formerly known as Luan Tahiraj<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2025-05-12 |title=ABN History for Louie Tahiri |url=https://abr.business.gov.au/AbnHistory/View?id=63008860471 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250512123652/https://abr.business.gov.au/AbnHistory/View?id=63008860471 |archive-date=2025-05-12 |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=Australian Business Register}}</ref>), who has formerly been convicted for serious crimes involving hacking and the abuse of private information<ref name=":0" />. It is focused around technology repair, and its tech diagnostic software was widely used by both tech repair shops and consumers doing personal repairs globally, especially for modern [[PlayStation]] devices. | ||
==Consumer-impact summary== | ==Consumer-impact summary== | ||
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*User Privacy: Known to spy on devices of individuals and users of software distributed by BWE. The owner of the company has previously been criminally convicted for offenses involving malicious hacking and exploitation of sensitive user data.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Rossmann |first=Louis |date=May 11, 2025 |title=BwE: Enjoy and learn from the master 👊🇺🇲🔥 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFe5LiACN9k&pp=wgIGCgQQAhgB |access-date=May 12, 2025 |website=YouTube}}</ref> | *User Privacy: Known to spy on devices of individuals and users of software distributed by BWE. The owner of the company has previously been criminally convicted for offenses involving malicious hacking and exploitation of sensitive user data.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Rossmann |first=Louis |date=May 11, 2025 |title=BwE: Enjoy and learn from the master 👊🇺🇲🔥 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFe5LiACN9k&pp=wgIGCgQQAhgB |access-date=May 12, 2025 |website=YouTube}}</ref> | ||
*Business model: Repairing electronics and selling software that can be used by other repair shops. | *Business model: Repairing electronics and selling software that can be used by other repair shops. | ||
*Market control: Controls portions of the tech repair market with software; may be nullified should a bounty<ref name=":0" /> be cashed in.<ref>{{Cite web |last=TheCode3r |date=May 6, 2025 |title=#F*ckBwE Because My Tool Is FREE! | *Market control: Controls portions of the tech repair market with software; may be nullified should a bounty<ref name=":0" /> be cashed in.<ref>{{Cite web |last=TheCode3r |date=May 6, 2025 |title=#F*ckBwE Because My Tool Is FREE! |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDANyCe3wAA |access-date=May 16, 2025 |website=YouTube}}</ref> | ||
==Incidents== | ==Incidents== | ||
This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]]. | This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]]. | ||
=== Use of diagnostic software as spyware === | ===Use of diagnostic software as spyware=== | ||
The software produced by BWE has been known to perform excessive monitoring of users' PCs, and cease functioning if any kind of ' | The software produced by BWE has been known to perform excessive monitoring of users' PCs,<ref name=":2" /> and cease functioning if any kind of 'undesirable' behavior was observed.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Rossmann |first=Louis |date=May 17, 2025 |title=The FINAL nail in BwE's coffin: eyewitnesses speak out. This is him. |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfL4p8JvZ4s |access-date=May 17, 2025 |website=YouTube}}</ref> Due to Louie Tahiri's history of cybercrime, as well as aggressive tendencies during customer support interactions, such monitoring and access to data have been the subject of scrutiny and concern.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4" /> | ||
===Attempting to cover-up malicious behaviors=== | ===Attempting to cover-up malicious behaviors=== | ||
Upon multiple occasions, BWE has been cited being the cause of content that is critical<ref name=":0" /> or merely reporting on malicious behavior<ref name=":2" /> of the company and its owner to be reported under a privacy request | Upon multiple occasions, BWE has been cited being the cause of content that is critical<ref name=":0" /> or merely reporting on malicious behavior<ref name=":2" /> of the company and its owner to be reported under a privacy request,<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rossmann |first=Louis |date=May 8, 2025 |title=BwE tried to take down my videos, so I'm taking down his business |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEMR6zKP9l8 |access-date=May 16, 2025 |website=YouTube}}</ref> as a measure to attempt to get this content taken down. Additionally, recently, all public-facing ends of BWE have been taken down, including the [https://betterwayelectronics.com.au/ website], [https://x.com/BwE_Dev X account], [https://www.youtube.com/@betterwayelectronics/videos YouTube channel], and [https://github.com/BetterWayElectronics/BetterWayElectronics GitHub page] were taken down, meaning additional evidence has likely been removed. <!-- clumsy wording here - unknown | ||
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==Products== | ==Products== | ||
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Better Way Electronics
| Basic information | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2018 |
| Type | Private |
| Industry | Technology repair |
| Official website | https://betterwayelectronics.com.au/ |
Better Way Electronics (BWE) is an Australian company founded in 2018 by Louie Tahiri[1] (formerly known as Luan Tahiraj[2]), who has formerly been convicted for serious crimes involving hacking and the abuse of private information[3]. It is focused around technology repair, and its tech diagnostic software was widely used by both tech repair shops and consumers doing personal repairs globally, especially for modern PlayStation devices.
Consumer-impact summary[edit | edit source]
- User freedom: Software distributed by BWE could easily have its support or function revoked due to arbitrarily-enforced terms.[4]
- User Privacy: Known to spy on devices of individuals and users of software distributed by BWE. The owner of the company has previously been criminally convicted for offenses involving malicious hacking and exploitation of sensitive user data.[3]
- Business model: Repairing electronics and selling software that can be used by other repair shops.
- Market control: Controls portions of the tech repair market with software; may be nullified should a bounty[3] be cashed in.[5]
Incidents[edit | edit source]
This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the Better Way Electronics category.
Use of diagnostic software as spyware[edit | edit source]
The software produced by BWE has been known to perform excessive monitoring of users' PCs,[4] and cease functioning if any kind of 'undesirable' behavior was observed.[3][6] Due to Louie Tahiri's history of cybercrime, as well as aggressive tendencies during customer support interactions, such monitoring and access to data have been the subject of scrutiny and concern.[3][6]
Attempting to cover-up malicious behaviors[edit | edit source]
Upon multiple occasions, BWE has been cited being the cause of content that is critical[3] or merely reporting on malicious behavior[4] of the company and its owner to be reported under a privacy request,[6][7] as a measure to attempt to get this content taken down. Additionally, recently, all public-facing ends of BWE have been taken down, including the website, X account, YouTube channel, and GitHub page were taken down, meaning additional evidence has likely been removed.
Products[edit | edit source]
Playstation (PS) repair tools[edit | edit source]
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Citation needed
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "ABN History for Louie Tahiri". Australian Business Register. 2025-05-12. Archived from the original on 2025-05-12. Retrieved 2025-05-12.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Rossmann, Louis (May 11, 2025). "BwE: Enjoy and learn from the master 👊🇺🇲🔥". YouTube. Retrieved May 12, 2025.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Rossmann, Louis (Apr 25, 2024). "This is informative & unfortunate; BwE Bans Legit Customers of repair software with NO REFUND!". YouTube. Archived from the original on May 8, 2025. Retrieved May 16, 2025.
- ↑ TheCode3r (May 6, 2025). "#F*ckBwE Because My Tool Is FREE!". YouTube. Retrieved May 16, 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Rossmann, Louis (May 17, 2025). "The FINAL nail in BwE's coffin: eyewitnesses speak out. This is him". YouTube. Retrieved May 17, 2025.
- ↑ Rossmann, Louis (May 8, 2025). "BwE tried to take down my videos, so I'm taking down his business". YouTube. Retrieved May 16, 2025.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 https://www.psxhax.com/threads/bwe-ps4-nor-validator-bwe-serialreader-script-by-betterwayelectronics.6139/