> let's not forget the very important fact that, currently, the user ultimately still has the ability to modify the software on the machines he/she owns What a

> let's not forget the very important fact that, currently, the user ultimately still has the ability to modify the software on the machines he/she owns What about hard-disk firmware being re-flashed by the "Equation Group" [0]? No easy possibility to detect if you are infected, nor what it is actually doing, not even to reinstall. Hard-disk firmware is software too. [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9058701 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9058701