3 ms·
> Aren't switches to temporarily bypass emissions controls in cars illegal, despite being a feature customers ask for? So you'd propose that we bans switches?
by luma 3y ago
> Aren't switches to temporarily bypass emissions controls in cars illegal, despite being a feature customers ask for?
So you'd propose that we bans switches? You're saying that a microcontroller should never have a certain feature because you don't like how it has been implemented by a single company. Then you propose that nobody should have this feature ever because someone once used it to turn on a light reminding you that it's time to change your toothbrush head (and then let you brush your teeth normally with no further interruption).
I don't think your analogy holds up, nor have you thought through what you propose.
- josephcsible 3y ago> You're saying that a microcontroller should never have a certain feature because you don't like how it has been implemented by a single company. It's not the implementation. I don't want hardware to ever be able to permanently make itself less useful, no matter how it's done or what it's being used for.
- luma 3y agoYou're making an argument that PROM, WORM, efuses, etc all shouldn't be allowed to exist. They're used for all sorts of features, not just security. You might do well to apply the lesson of Chesterton's Fence before you call for a ban on things you don't actually understand.
- josephcsible 3y agoFor legitimate cases of write-once media, it should be legal if and only if it's separate from the rest of the device and easily replaceable (e.g., a socketed chip or a DVD+R). Anywhere that write-once media is permanently attached to something else, it inevitably ends up being used for evil.