Super Micro says review found no malicious chips in motherboards

Re:Super Micro says review found no malicious chips in mothe... by tertius on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @01:48PM (#18657685)

Or maybe a start to the democratic process to encourage lawmakers to discover nuance and legislate.

Or maybe a good place for someone with knowledge to show why it's a bad idea and what the arguments are that have been struggled with.

One person getting irked because another happily destroys reputation without any consequence is natural. Reputation is too important.

A single person wanting to see consequence does not create a mob that firebombs their offices.

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Re:Super Micro says review found no malicious chips in mothe... by maemilius on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @02:45PM (#18658206)

I feel like there's an argument to be made that every firebombing mob started with a single person wishing some consequence.

An idea has to start somewhere.

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Re:Super Micro says review found no malicious chips in mothe... by tertius on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @11:04AM (#18664998)

Well yes.

But that doesn't mean we should outlaw speech... Because speech leads to good things a lot more often than firebombing mobs.

Those people we can put in jail. Only those.

The rest are helpful or neutral, even if you don't agree with them. Democracy (in any form) grows stronger with dissent/speech.

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