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Because when a company sells millions of things to people, those people are potentially affected. Giving the company -- even one you have no particular love for
by deong 10y ago
Because when a company sells millions of things to people, those people are potentially affected. Giving the company -- even one you have no particular love for -- a chance to figure out how to mitigate risk for their customers is a nice thing you do for their customers.
- mindslight 10y agoIn this case, there is no customer risk to be mitigated! The only thing that could be "mitigated" is the owners' newfound access to their own hardware! The tiny sliver of end-user threat - a customer's machine gets pwned with a rootkit that a reinstall cannot wipe - can and always could have been eliminated by manufacturers simply shipping proper documentation!