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For me it's IRRELEVANT in the report is true or not, the very relevant part is that today's hw is complex enough to be a black box for 99% of buyers so it pose
by xte 8y ago
For me it's IRRELEVANT in the report is true or not, the very relevant part is that today's hw is complex enough to be a black box for 99% of buyers so it pose a super-serious security risk. Strong article from publicly known sources are a way to shed the light on such ignored enormous security threat.
The sole solution IMVHO is IMPOSE open hardware and free software by law. We simply can't have our society "nervous system" run on black boxes. It doesn't matter if the rouge in charge is China, USA, a specific vendor or someone else. Our banks, our states, our hospitals, ... relay on such connected black boxes. We also need to re-transfer knowledge from big corporate to PUBLIC, well founded, universities to AVOID dangerous evolution paths like actual IT evolution.
- dvfjsdhgfv 8y agoThe problem is, the only ones who care about such a solution are (some of) end users, like us. All the rest, including big money, including governments, seems to prefer black boxes.
- CSEThrowaway 8y agoYou are welcome to write the software for systems you describe and release it for free. Unfortunately, the economic model of the real world is a little more complicated than you seem to realize.
- tobltobs 8y agoTell this Linus.
- CSEThrowaway 8y agoI love open source software and use it every day. I also donate to organizations who contribute to that community. My issue with OP's proposal, rather, was that those who create software and hardware should be forced to release it for free.
- bubblethink 8y agoA more practical approach would be to at least be forced to provide the ability to run your own software on the hardware you buy, which is also not a thing for the vast majority of hardware produced. At least not for end users anyway.
- tomp 8y agoOpen source doesn’t mean free. In addition, companies can still offer support, and other companies would still pay for it.