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I've seen some recent pushes for "right to repair" legislation. I can see how this is great for consumers. I can also see how this forces companies to be more o

I've seen some recent pushes for "right to repair" legislation. I can see how this is great for consumers. I can also see how this forces companies to be more open about their components and interfaces, which weakens their ability to keep trade secrets. It also increases the attack surfaces for people and organizations attempting to compromise the device. I suspect the end result is more system on a chip design styles that are basically impossible to repair.

Nasrudith 8y ago
That is already the status quo really from other forces. Repairing usually doesn't scale, automation allows for very fine details to join cheaper faster and better like soldering instead of ribbom connectors. Security by obscurity isn't. Trade secrets are bullshit as a doctrine. Why is the rest of society obligated to protect not advancing at their own expense for the sake of private greed? The proper response to breech of trade secrets in a court of law should be "You never registered it for any sort of protection in exchange for disclosure and chose to keep it secret. Go to hell."