I have another N810 with a fresh install, I could image it and then activate (+tcpdump) and then image again for a diff but I'm not sure that'll be enough, with it being encrypted and all.

Perhaps if several people do this (at least tcpdump) along with date stamps and mac addresses then we might be able to crack the encryption. But I don't see this happening, people seem to be too paranoid about being tracked by their mac addresses.

Has anyone wrote to wayfinder and politely asked them to release a version w/o activation seeing as how they aren't selling licenses anymore?

A permanent fix would be nice. I don't have a data plan on my cellphone so maemo-mapper is too limiting.