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>Proprietary binary blob on a device effectively separated by an IOMMU? That's a peripheral, most of them run non-free firmware. Proprietary binary blob on a de
by no_time 4y ago
>Proprietary binary blob on a device effectively separated by an IOMMU? That's a peripheral, most of them run non-free firmware. Proprietary binary blob on a device that has DMA access? That's a tainted main computer with a security issue.
I feel like that's a completely reasonable viewpoint to have. For example, MS Pluton bothers me 100x more than my car keys having nonfree, locked firmware. In an ideal world, both of them are open. But in the meantime I'd be content with not having desktop CPU's be controlled and monitored remotely by their manufacturers instead of their owner.