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Yeah, until something like this happens again a year or two down the line. Not to mention all unpatched or lagging systems

Are there any figures for how widespread that Agere chip is? I wonder if any German companies are going to be bit in the aas by this lol

Who in their right mind would think this is a good idea? Are managers so caught up in the “just add AI bro it will make us cool” hype train that no one stops to think “yeah I would never want this in my living room”?

A legitimate backdoor is still a backdoor. If you have security measures and a way to bypass them, you don’t have security measures.

Oh ffs. I really want Framework to succeed, but this and the recent political drama isn’t the best publicity

A lawsuit for “unfair competition”? How do they figure that? .to is a ccTLD. The Kingdom of Tonga will manage it however it sees fit. Not every country in the world is obligated to subscribe to the same ideas on copyright and digital piracy

Whenever you have a relevant post to make. There’s no algorithm to game, just make it a nice place and people will come :)

Only plots to violently maintain power are allowed

Yeah, I would say “confirm” is more appropriate than “expose” here

Storing files encrypted and decrypting them on-demand is called “encryption at rest”. Linux supports it but is not enabled by default. You can also encrypt /boot to get FDE (Full Disk Encryption) to ensure that the kernel or bootloader is not tampered with. Look into LUKS

By the Telegraph, based on accounts from US and British executives?

Enshittification /s

Is the original still online after all these years? Not going to check on the train lol

I guess the response to the incident is more important than the incident happening? The mayor would be responsible for the former but not the latter

Are networking companies starting to market “standards” that don’t have an RFC yet again?

That is indeed possible. But it’s also possible to use this power to induce resignation and apathy so you won’t oppose resistance when they become even more intrusive and pervasive.

As you said, it’s not even strictly about the politics. It’s just whatever’s most profitable, without any consideration for the human lives on the other side.