[aklug] Re: Harrowing situation on hardware lockdown

From: Mike Barsalou <alaskabarsalou@gmail.com>
Date: Tue Nov 22 2016 - 18:13:48 AKST

I'd like to add my optimism to this conversation by saying what a
fantastic opportunity for us to start engaging folks about how we have
gotten to this state and what we might be able to do about it moving
forward.

Maybe I'm just being naive.

Mike B.

Quoting Royce Williams <royce@tycho.org>:

> On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 8:53 PM, Christopher Howard <ch.howard@zoho.com>
> wrote:
>
>> A grim explanation from the Talos folks:
>>
>> https://www.crowdsupply.com/raptor-computing-systems/
>> talos-secure-workstation/updates/a-word-on-lockdown
>
>
> It's such a shame. The companies that were built by people who catapulted
> to greatness from a base of hacker/maker/tinkerer ethic and curiosity are
> closing the doors on future generations of makers.
>
> You can't learn about hardware when the hardware is opaque.
>
> Royce

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