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I'm not giving a small time software vendor proprietary access to my machine at that level. I honestly think that anyone who accepts it must be woefully uninfor

• AndriyKunitsyn 10mo ago
  People just don't care. Even Stallman is okay with a microwave with closed-source firmware as long as it doesn't try to update its firmware. For most people, a computer is just another appliance. They don't consider the security implications that this appliance can leak credit cards and such.
  • fc417fc802 10mo ago
    > People just don't care. But I think they ought to. I also suspect that the current state of affairs is largely due to lack of understanding. > as long as it doesn't try to update its firmware I agree. But that isn't what we're talking about here. Things that can't update their firmware generally don't need you to upload a binary blob to them on startup.