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  • Re: Reconsidering =?utf-8?B?RGViaWFu4oCZ?= =?utf-8?Q?s?= Inclusion of N

    From Andrey Rakhmatullin@21:1/5 to Jonathan Dowland on Sun Mar 9 12:40:01 2025
    On Sun, Mar 09, 2025 at 11:10:26AM +0000, Jonathan Dowland wrote:
    What has changed, substantially, since we had a GR on this topic?

    It doesn't look like they think that, they just want that the GR had a different outcome in the first place. I also agree that they are unlikely
    to reply.

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    WBR, wRAR

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  • From tomas@tuxteam.de@21:1/5 to Matthias Urlichs on Thu Apr 10 14:00:01 2025
    On Thu, Apr 10, 2025 at 10:06:12AM +0200, Matthias Urlichs wrote:
    On 08.03.25 15:36, Simon Josefsson wrote:
    One difference is that you could chose to trust their hardware (CPUs)
    but don't trust their software (non-free firmware).

    True. But so, again, what's the material difference between "the firmware is baked into the hardware and cannot be changed" vs. "the firmware can be updated"?

    The manufacturer might fall prey for a hostile takeover by Evil
    Overlord (cf. Twitter/X). Or might decide to not not be evil
    anymore (cf. that other... whatsitsname?). Or State Agency A
    might lean on the manufacturer to start doing things.

    If you are in the firmware upgrade treadmill, the characteristics
    of your "contract" are definitely different.

    Now if you manage to hack your way into installing your own firmware,
    more power to you, but more and more this happens in spite rather
    than because of the manufacturer.

    Swords, edges and that :)

    Cheers
    --
    t

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