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> The author does know that Chrome is open source right (well I guess technically Chromium but I hope it's based on the same code)? What's hilarious is that yo

by jack9 11y ago

> The author does know that Chrome is open source right (well I guess technically Chromium but I hope it's based on the same code)? What's hilarious is that you're relying on hope for security. That's not how security works. > Mainly because it cannot be trusted enough for this kind of application. [...] The Raspberry pi is provided with non-free software and the hardware needs non-free driver to work. The Raspberry Pi boots from its GPU and only non-free software is currently available for the GPU, even starting the machine requires a large (2MB) blob of non-free, unsupportable software

nadams 11y ago
> What's hilarious is that you're relying on hope for security. I hope that CAs don't get compromised and sign SSL certificates they aren't supposed to. Oh wait... I hope Debian doesn't release a version of software with a security hole in it. Oh wait... I hope OpenSSL doesn't have any bugs in it. Oh wait... Does this mean I completely disconnect sit in a corner and hope for the best? No - I'm realistic. Software like OpenSSL, Debian, and people who run CAs are made by humans and will make mistakes. They will fix their issues and life will go on. > The Raspberry Pi boots from its GPU and only non-free software is currently available for the GPU, even starting the machine requires a large (2MB) blob of non-free, unsupportable software And? Systems you use everyday use closed source non-free software. Do you use Android or iOS? As far as encryption goes in the Linux kernel - even Linus himself said it doesn't matter if the NSA has a backdoor to the random number generator [1]. If you feel that he is wrong please contact him and post his reply. [1] - https://www.change.org/p/linus-torvalds-remove-rdrand-from-dev-random-4/responses/9066 https://www.change.org/p/linus-torvalds-remove-rdrand-from-d... edit: forgot a word

by jack9 11y ago

nadams 11y ago

> What's hilarious is that you're relying on hope for security. I hope that CAs don't get compromised and sign SSL certificates they aren't supposed to. Oh wait... I hope Debian doesn't release a version of software with a security hole in it. Oh wait... I hope OpenSSL doesn't have any bugs in it. Oh wait... Does this mean I completely disconnect sit in a corner and hope for the best? No - I'm realistic. Software like OpenSSL, Debian, and people who run CAs are made by humans and will make mistakes. They will fix their issues and life will go on. > The Raspberry Pi boots from its GPU and only non-free software is currently available for the GPU, even starting the machine requires a large (2MB) blob of non-free, unsupportable software And? Systems you use everyday use closed source non-free software. Do you use Android or iOS? As far as encryption goes in the Linux kernel - even Linus himself said it doesn't matter if the NSA has a backdoor to the random number generator [1]. If you feel that he is wrong please contact him and post his reply. [1] - https://www.change.org/p/linus-torvalds-remove-rdrand-from-dev-random-4/responses/9066 https://www.change.org/p/linus-torvalds-remove-rdrand-from-d... edit: forgot a word