Elbox have spoken

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They claim they didn't do anything wrong, and offer no apologies, however they say the RDB stuff is now removed:

"Our fully legal anti-piracy safeguard lost its purpose when information about it was spread among crackers. Therefore, its code has been removed from all our drivers to Mediator and Spider, and all registered users have received appropriate updates."

Full article

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Zadoc wrote:
While I fully understand those who LEGALLY owned Mediator drivers and verified the RDB problem themselves, the fact is that I think Mr. Hodge's behaviour was rather unwarranted.

Whoa! So the author of the USB stack that Elbox wrote some drivers for hears that those very same drivers could have malicious code in it is wrong for investigating the claims that could have very serious consequences for both Elbox and himself? I don't see your logic...

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Well, seeing as Elbox didn't give him a copy of the drivers for his own USB stack, what else could he do but obtain a copy from a Mediator user?

If I was Chris, I would have done exactly the same thing, because I would see it as important to investigate for myself something which could reflect badly on my image and reputation.