I don't hate that someone is investing in tools & research in this. I'd certainly pay a 20% premium on my hardware for verifiable protection from phone-home. I

I don't hate that someone is investing in tools & research in this. I'd certainly pay a 20% premium on my hardware for verifiable protection from phone-home. I'd probably pay that premium for the manufacturer to claim that the device doesn't phone home. Obv different situation for infrastructure hardware where the end-user (me) isn't the same as the buyer (german telecoms, apparently). But I suspect some of the verification / testing tools will be similar. I'm happy these topics are getting press, whoever the players are.