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I know this is going to be an unpopular opinion, but if a service provider wants to support only specific clients which have a rigorously-managed supply chain o
by NovemberWhiskey 5y ago
I know this is going to be an unpopular opinion, but if a service provider wants to support only specific clients which have a rigorously-managed supply chain of their hardware/software, then that's up to them.
- c01n 5y agoI buy a computer I own that computer there should be no strings attached.
- NovemberWhiskey 5y agoYes; sure. But you don't own (for example) Netflix. So Netflix can exclude you if you use your computer in certain ways, right? i.e. if you refuse to use a secure boot infrastructure and do remote attestation of the trust chain to Netflix, they can refuse to provide you service - obviously based on the assumption that this was all made clear to when you signed up.
- salawat 5y agoThe 'ole "they're a private business, they can do what they want" defense. I try not to whip that out because it's all fun and cool til they do somethimg you don"t like.