> If your peers are buying good hardware while you're buying self-identifying garbage, someone harmed by a botnet running on your metal has a better argument, n

> If your peers are buying good hardware while you're buying self-identifying garbage, someone harmed by a botnet running on your metal has a better argument, now, that you were knowingly reckless. If every piece of hardware has the same label, that argument dries up and blows away. If some piece of hardware doesn't have the label and later gets owned, the manufacturer will be held accountable. It would have to be, or else this is toothless. Since no manufacturer can predict which vulnerabilities may be discovered, and since legal teams are a cowardly and superstitious lot, every manufacturer will put the label on now to avoid any potential problems later.