I should clarify: I don't think they're adding backdoors maliciously. It's their conduct -- proceeding despite the concerns raised, attacking critics, etc. -- that is greedy and malicious.
Now, that I am inclined to agree with :) And fact is - using the device as shipped to us is more dangerous than not using it at all. Anybody within WiFi range can basically do whatever they want.
Considering that their Kickstarter was shut down 6 months ago due to their lies, and that they started up again at Indiegogo despite the warnings, and that they've been concealing information and attacking their critics through sockpuppets? Yes, I think it's fair at this point to call them malicious.
A simple fact is they do not _have_ the source code. They are only patching the firmware the router came with from China when they bought it. They are not even building Tor themselves but relying on an old unsupported version straight from OpenWrt's repository.
Because without doing independent research, a reader must accept the possibility that the story is wildly exaggerated, which is the sign of a narcissistic journalist.
If the subject is a narcissist, his description of himself may be wildly exaggerated, which is what the article reports.
If the writer is a narcissist, his description of his subject may be wildly exaggerated.
And yes, there are plenty of stories of narcissistic journalists, some eventually exposed as frauds who make up their copy.
The really interesting cases are those in which both the writer and his subject are narcissists.
Once I had both versions of the files, I looked at them in a hex editor. Since there were some null bytes at the beginning of the video file, it wasn't hard to guess the string they were using. I'm not going to post the file themselves (for obvious reasons), but here's the first 16 bytes of the unencrypted and encrypted files (in hex and ascii, from xxd). Unencrypted:
You're right, actually. I'm glad it's broken, because it's a lot easier for me to watch the videos I purchased without the DRM. I was just struck by the audacity of their marketing claims.
My modifications are on lines 553-556. The compiled app "fixes" the .mov file just long enough for it to be loaded into the player. If you have Leaping Brain's player installed (often branded with the content owner's name), the .mov files are in a hidden .media folder. On my Mac, they were in $HOME/Library/Application Support/LeapingBrain/catalog/$VIDEONAME/.media
