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ada-h00k | on: Root shell on Samsung TV
If OpenAI really banned him for that reason, that would be pretty stupid. If you can no longer use an LLM for reverse engineering without worrying about your account, that drastically reduces its value.
spockz | parent | next
In my efforts to reverse engineer the LG firmware to validate Gamers Nexus claims, I got a warning very quickly. I appealed that quickly and successfully.

Then I applied for daybreak blue and haven’t had any issues since.

It also a matter of phrasing. Say what you want to achieve not how if it is approaching defensive or cyber stuff.

Also state you are working on your own devices and software. (If that is the case of course.)

papascrubs | root | parent | next
Was this through a personal subscription? Last I looked into daybreak access, if required an organization based account.
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ndr_ | root | parent
Daybreak may remove the technical restrictions, but isn't that kind of use still against the ToS?
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trollbridge | root | parent
Yes, RE is 100% against TOS. I’d say their TOS is poorly written
subscribed | parent | next
Well, there's a reason I don't use Google Gemini at all, just in case their dumb, twitchy autobanner locks me out of everything.
lysace | parent | next
FWIW I've spent the past few days happily reverse-engineering various aspects of DOS games I've long been curious about. I finally understand how Arjan Brussee did the scrolling in Jazz Jackrabbit. It's brilliant. This guy is a genius.

It's somewhat complex to understand; I didn't understand Claude's textual explanation at first. After asking for a html/js simulator showing things visually it clicked.

No pushback from Claude so far.

trollbridge | root | parent | next
Claude doesn’t push back if it thinks the thing you’re doing is old. OAI will sometimes start barking at you if it thinks you’re making a keygen even if it’s 25 years old.
mrheosuper | root | parent
I'm working with Claude to RE a binary blob and re-implement Firmware of Bluetooth controller, so far no push back even i'm pretty deep into it now.
kbmr | root | parent
How did they do the scrolling in it?
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williamdclt | parent | next
> If you can no longer use an LLM for reverse engineering without worrying about your account, that drastically reduces its value

...for a niche of customers, from whom the revenue is probably entirely negligible to OpenAI.

Not saying it's right, ethical or anything like that, but it's not "stupid"

aleph_minus_one | root | parent | next
> ...for a niche of customers, from whom the revenue is probably entirely negligible to OpenAI.

> Not saying it's right, ethical or anything like that, but it's not "stupid"

Quite many well-paying customers become very suspicious of whether integrating OpenAI into their workflows if they read about cases where OpenAI banned accounts willfully.

If OpenAI wants to become "infrastructure provider other companies should depend on (and thus pay)", OpenAI must behave like an infrastructure provider as for electricity or internet, i.e. must only ban accounts in exceptionally rare cases that 99.9 % of society will consider to be acceptable.

pixl97 | root | parent
I think the biggest issues here will be for individuals.

For corporate accounts they are apt to get a message to the admin account saying suspicious shit is occurring provide more verification.

>OpenAI must behave like an infrastructure provider as for electricity or internet

Oh, you mean like Google? Yea, how's that working out.

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notrealyme123 | root | parent
It creates a lot of uncertainty. Especially if you depend more and more on them in your day to day life.

If your always-on agent hears to wrong thing, you could lose access to things you depend on. The same reason makes GCP very unattractive.