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Trust is a thing that is becoming more and more important these days with more and more of users secrets going through our devices. Wouldn't want all your email
by Too 5y ago
Trust is a thing that is becoming more and more important these days with more and more of users secrets going through our devices. Wouldn't want all your email or banking details to be sucked up by a cheap wifi-chip which could have backdoors either by design or by accident. This is also why one should stay away from cheap IoT-gimmicks.
Another interesting aspect is reputation of quality in case repair shops don't restore the device to original performance, while customers still think they are running genuine parts, because it's very hard to visually inspect and understand what happens inside, as opposed to a toaster.
Not saying i'm for all these locks but pointing out it's a lot more multi-faceted than the article presents it.
- jsiepkes 5y ago> Trust is a thing that is becoming more and more important these days with more and more of users secrets going through our devices. How many hardware backdoored PC's have you encountered in your life?
- smolder 5y agoThe GP included "accidentally backdoored", in which case that's probably all of them. Even if you exclude accidents, there are probably some deliberately created, not-yet-burned covert access techniques for many devices. We don't know what we don't know, but we do know there are agencies tasked with Total Information Awareness, and have some evidence of the type of stuff they get up to.