[aklug] Re: Harrowing situation on hardware lockdown

From: Jubal Skaggs <jubal@vcontext.net>
Date: Tue Nov 22 2016 - 19:32:51 AKST

Please give back my serially connected dumb terminal so I can solve business problems instead of managing and meeting about windows security, policy, and reboot cycles. Amber, or green are both fine. The red gas plasma displays…breathtaking, especially when attached to todays hardware. Major advances have been made in ssh, tmux, and vim. I’ll check email, calendar, and browse the web on my iPhone. http://www.robmeerman.co.uk/_media/project/dumbterminal.jpg?cache= <http://www.robmeerman.co.uk/_media/project/dumbterminal.jpg?cache=>

> On Nov 22, 2016, at 6:13 PM, Mike Barsalou <alaskabarsalou@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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