Software locks: Difference between revisions

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== also see ==

==also see==

[[Digital rights management|DRM (digital right managment)]]

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[[Walled garden]] / [[Software Ecosystem]]

[[Bootloader unlocking]]

=== Common definition ===

[[wikipedia:Proprietary_firmware|Proprietary firmware]]

===Common definition===

Software locks are security measures used to control access & features in consumer electronic hardware & software. <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lock_(computer_science)</ref> <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open-source_and_closed-source_software</ref>

==== [[Anti Interoperability]] ====

====[[Anti Interoperability]]====

also see [[wikipedia:Proprietary_protoco|Proprietary protocols]]

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also see: [[hardware Anti Interoperability]] / [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proprietary_hardware? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proprietary_hardware?]

=== examples ===

===examples===

==== account parring in apple iphones ====

====account parring====

===== in apple iphones =====

-wip [https://pirg.org/articles/refurbishers-repairers-and-recyclers-call-on-the-fcc-to-stop-phone-software-locks/ ref]

==== Binding hardware features to non-transferable user accounts / activation & licensing locks ====

===== in appliances =====

hvac app activation of furnace control boards (also an example of [[Forced app download]] (editors note hard to find credible ref this is a thing with ruud furnace control boards) )

====Binding hardware features to non-transferable user accounts / activation & licensing locks====

-wip

==== Server connectivity reliance ====

====Server connectivity reliance====

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-== also see ==
+==also see==
 [[Digital rights management|DRM (digital right managment)]]
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 [[Walled garden]] / [[Software Ecosystem]]
 [[Bootloader unlocking]]
-=== Common definition ===
+[[wikipedia:Proprietary_firmware|Proprietary firmware]]
+===Common definition===
 Software locks are security measures used to control access & features in consumer electronic hardware & software. <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lock_(computer_science)</ref>  <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open-source_and_closed-source_software</ref>
-==== [[Anti Interoperability]] ====
+====[[Anti Interoperability]]====
 also see [[wikipedia:Proprietary_protoco|Proprietary protocols]]
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 also see: [[hardware Anti Interoperability]] / [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proprietary_hardware? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proprietary_hardware?]
-=== examples ===
+===examples===
-==== account parring in apple iphones ====
+====account parring====
+===== in apple iphones =====
 -wip [https://pirg.org/articles/refurbishers-repairers-and-recyclers-call-on-the-fcc-to-stop-phone-software-locks/ ref]
-==== Binding hardware features to non-transferable user accounts / activation & licensing locks ====
+===== in appliances =====
+hvac app activation of furnace control boards (also an example of [[Forced app download]]  (editors note hard to find credible ref this is a thing with ruud furnace control boards) )
+====Binding hardware features to non-transferable user accounts / activation & licensing locks====
 -wip
-==== Server connectivity reliance  ====
+====Server connectivity reliance====
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