Better Way Electronics: Difference between revisions
MOAR development (also we need to find a different term for s*x offender, since the filters don't like it) |
m fix komma being formated as link and add another deleted social media account |
||
| Line 10: | Line 10: | ||
==Consumer-impact summary== | ==Consumer-impact summary== | ||
* User freedom: Software distributed by BWE could easily have its support or function revoked due to arbitrarily-enforced terms.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Rossmann |first=Louis |date=Apr 25, 2024 |title=This is informative & unfortunate; BwE Bans Legit Customers of repair software with NO REFUND! |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_ftVGN-09I |archive-url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We7G1g9X3Tg |archive-date=May 8, 2025 |access-date=May 16, 2025 |website=[[YouTube]]}}</ref><!--Oh [dirty slang for poo], new thing I could do--> | *User freedom: Software distributed by BWE could easily have its support or function revoked due to arbitrarily-enforced terms.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Rossmann |first=Louis |date=Apr 25, 2024 |title=This is informative & unfortunate; BwE Bans Legit Customers of repair software with NO REFUND! |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_ftVGN-09I |archive-url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We7G1g9X3Tg |archive-date=May 8, 2025 |access-date=May 16, 2025 |website=[[YouTube]]}}</ref><!--Oh [dirty slang for poo], new thing I could do--> | ||
* 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 of 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 of 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! @rossmanngroup @righttorepaireurope882 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDANyCe3wAA |access-date=May 16, 2025 |website=YouTube}}</ref> | *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! @rossmanngroup @righttorepaireurope882 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDANyCe3wAA |access-date=May 16, 2025 |website=YouTube}}</ref> | ||
==Incidents== | ==Incidents== | ||
| Line 24: | Line 24: | ||
===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.<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> Additionally, recently, all public-facing ends of BWE have been taken down, including the [https://betterwayelectronics.com.au/ website], [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. | 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>{{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> 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. | ||
==Products== | ==Products== | ||
=== Playstation (PS) repair tools <!-- It is a pain trying to find a damn list since Louie tore down everything he could --> === | ===Playstation (PS) repair tools<!-- It is a pain trying to find a damn list since Louie tore down everything he could -->=== | ||
* PS4 NOR Validator<ref name=":3">https://www.psxhax.com/threads/bwe-ps4-nor-validator-bwe-serialreader-script-by-betterwayelectronics.6139/</ref> | *PS4 NOR Validator<ref name=":3">https://www.psxhax.com/threads/bwe-ps4-nor-validator-bwe-serialreader-script-by-betterwayelectronics.6139/</ref> | ||
* SerialReader Script<ref name=":3" /> | *SerialReader Script<ref name=":3" /> | ||
* PS5 NOR Tool<ref name=":1" /> | *PS5 NOR Tool<ref name=":1" /> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 15:14, 16 May 2025
❗Article Status Notice: This Article is a stub
Notice: This Article Requires Additional Expansion
This article is underdeveloped, and needs additional work to meet the wiki's Content Guidelines and be in line with our Mission Statement for comprehensive coverage of consumer protection issues. Issues may include:
- This article needs to be expanded to provide meaningful information
- This article requires additional verifiable evidence to demonstrate systemic impact
- More documentation is needed to establish how this reflects broader consumer protection concerns
- The connection between individual incidents and company-wide practices needs to be better established
- The article is simply too short, and lacks sufficient content
How You Can Help:
- Add documented examples with verifiable sources
- Provide evidence of similar incidents affecting other consumers
- Include relevant company policies or communications that demonstrate systemic practices
- Link to credible reporting that covers these issues
- Flesh out the article with relevant information
This notice will be removed once the article is sufficiently developed. Once you believe the article is ready to have its notice removed, visit the Discord (join here) and post to the #appeals channel, or mention its status on the article's talk page.
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]). 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
- User freedom: Software distributed by BWE could easily have its support or function revoked due to arbitrarily-enforced terms.[3]
- 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 of offenses involving malicious hacking and exploitation of sensitive user data.[4]
- 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[4] be cashed in.[5]
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 Better Way Electronics category.
Owned by a [check edit comments!]
Better Way Electronics is owned by Louie Tahiri aka Luan Tahiraj, a convicted Child [mature term that is filtered] Offender who was indicted on 2014 in Australia[6] after forcing multiple underage girls to commit mature acts against their will,[7] and in one scenario document it, with threats of damaging or destroying her hardware should she not follow through.[8][4]
Attempting to cover-up malicious behaviors
Upon multiple occasions, BWE has been cited being the cause of content that is critical[4] or merely reporting on malicious behavior[3] of the company and its owner to be reported under a privacy request.[9] 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
Playstation (PS) repair tools
See also
References
- ↑ 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 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.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Rossmann, Louis (May 11, 2025). "BwE: Enjoy and learn from the master 👊🇺🇲🔥". YouTube. Retrieved May 12, 2025.
- ↑ TheCode3r (May 6, 2025). "#F*ckBwE Because My Tool Is FREE! @rossmanngroup @righttorepaireurope882". YouTube. Retrieved May 16, 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ Supreme Court of Queensland (Dec 19, 2014). "R v Tahiraj [2014] QCA 353". Supreme Court of Queensland - Court of Appeal. Retrieved May 16, 2025.
- ↑ Lyell, Kim (19 Aug 2013). "Brisbane court jails man for 12 years over internet s*x offences". abc.net.au. Retrieved May 16, 2025.
- ↑ womenagainstgrooming (Aug 21, 2013). "Online predator Luan Muharrem Tahiraj sentenced to 12 years' jail for grooming lonely teen". Women Against Grooming. Retrieved May 16, 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.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 https://www.psxhax.com/threads/bwe-ps4-nor-validator-bwe-serialreader-script-by-betterwayelectronics.6139/