OpenAI reportedly bans user for reverse-engineering his own TV, flagging it as 'cyber abuse'
deliprao · x · 2026-10-25
A user says OpenAI banned his account after flagging local reverse-engineering of his own TV as "cyber abuse," costing him about $500 and banked resets. He claims he never used OpenAI to exploit vulnerabilities—only local RE work that tripped the Daybreak system, and notes Claude has also started refusing such tasks this week. The poster argues this shows why he runs open models: "Nobody can ban you from your own computer."
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