Producing a trustworthy x86-based Linux appliance

Re:Producing a trustworthy x86-based Linux appliance by pessimizer on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @08:30AM (#27367903)

People will not willingly buy a locked-down device over an open device, all other things being equal. So general purpose devices will not be made available, so that locked-down devices will sell.

edit: the only people who think that being locked-down is a feature are rationalizing technologists who indirectly profit from that arrangement. It's not even more secure. The methods used to control locked-down devices (namely constant network connections and cloud storage/control) are the most vulnerable attack surfaces we have, and the source of virtually all contemporary security disasters.

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Re:Producing a trustworthy x86-based Linux appliance by freedomben on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @09:02AM (#27368198)

I sorely wish you were right, but the success of companies like Apple seem to indicate otherwise. I won't buy a locked-down device, but for every person like me there are thousands who don't care.

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Re:Producing a trustworthy x86-based Linux appliance by lupire on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @09:38AM (#27368531)

This is a perfect example of survivor bias. OSes are secure now, so attacks that succeed attack the sxurit system.

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