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Counterpoint: We're all safer by using devices that can't be repaired/tampered with by end users.
by whereis 5y ago
Counterpoint: We're all safer by using devices that can't be repaired/tampered with by end users.
- 34679 5y agoThat's not always true. Take the case of a company that determines the cost of fixing a flaw is worse for profits than letting the flaw continue into production. Remington famously allowed a flawed trigger in one of their rifles for decades, even after being made aware of it and its 5 cent fix by the designer of the rifle, before it went on sale. https://www.guns.com/news/2016/11/18/trove-of-internal-documents-show-remington-knew-about-flawed-trigger https://www.guns.com/news/2016/11/18/trove-of-internal-docum...
- ball_of_lint 5y agoSafer how exactly?
- whereis 5y agoHarder to hack with device in hand, e.g. by replacing with compromised components or accessing secure data
- rasz 5y agoLike owners of John Deere tractors? The ones who all got DOXXED?
- johncessna 5y agoThis was the argument used by the auto industry, it was wrong then and still is wrong.
- bogwog 5y agoYeah, just look at all the people that die every year because they bought a used car that was repaired/tampered with by an end user /s
- forgotmypw17 5y agowhere is the unsafety of using a 10 year old ebook or 20 year old web client (for self-hosted sites)?
- bcrosby95 5y agoI don't buy it. Cars are far more dangerous and they've been mandated to be repairable for decades now.
- johncessna 5y agoAgreed, but the tide is shifting there, too. It's not a problem getting an off the shelf part for your vehicle. It's the software for that part that's the problem. We already see phone manufacturers locking 'easily' replaceable parts to the rest of the phone in a way that the phone rejects the replaced part. As our cars gets smarter, look for similar tactics to be applied there.
- faeriechangling 5y agoSafer? I could cause a safety issue attempting my own car or bicycle repairs and both of those things are much more repairable than a modern smartphone. You know what's bad for human "safety"? Gratuitously burning through resources and causing pollution by making phones out of all sorts of rare materials and hucking them out.
- bun_at_work 5y agoPretty sure OP is not referring to physical safety here, but more cyber security. Apple's devices offer a lot of cyber security that more modular devices can't guarantee as effectively.
- inetknght 5y ago> Pretty sure OP is not referring to physical safety here, but more cyber security. Arguably that's because device manufacturers aren't made to care about cyber security. Were that to change, their devices would be a lot more safer.
- CivBase 5y agoSince when have the Googles and Apples of the world genuinely cared about "safety" beyond a means to advertise a product?