On Mon, Jan 18, 2021 at 09:19:10AM +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Du, 17 ian 21, 20:12:38, Brian wrote: > > On Sat 16 Jan 2021 at 20:57:19 +0100, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote: [...] > > > This > > > may have advantages and disadvantages, but you don't get to control > > > those :) > > > > In terms of control, the burnt-in firmware cannot cannot be controlled > > either. I do not know where this gets us. I don't know what was ambiguous in what I said. I said "you don't get to control when (and what kind of) an update arrives". No more, no less. In the case of a burnt-in firmware, you get to work with a "known xxx" [1] state. You lear to know (and possibly circumvent) bugs, backdoors and other old fellas. > Besides, the manufacturer might even fix some bugs in the firmware. Or to insert new and nastier backdoors, as mandated by their local government (or by their new, ad-industry fueled corporate overlords, or by whomever whose interests might not align with yours). Did I say "advantages and disadvantages? Cheers [1] for "xxx" in "good", "bad" and any other suitable value in between. - t
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