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Re:I Love Arch, but GNU Guix Is My New Distro by Qwertious on Sunday November 21, 2021 @02:59AM (#29294852)
Hardware operates differently to software - it's impossible to verify hardware after it's been manufactured+shipped to you, so you need to trust the ENTIRE manufacturing and ownership chain of EVERY SINGLE COMPONENT. This is true of both open- and closed-source hardware.

Look, don't take my word for it - take the word (and more importantly, the reasoning) of the guys behind the Novena open laptop: https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=5706

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Re:I Love Arch, but GNU Guix Is My New Distro by medo-bear on Sunday November 21, 2021 @03:17AM (#29294928)
understood. but does not restricting blobs to a place where verification is impossible isolate the problem? to me this approach still seems reasonable from a free software (as per FSF) point of view

also i am confused why this issue isnt being taken with the hardware manufacturers? if i purchased their product, and if their user license did not forbid me from using linux-libre, and if this update is absolutely vital for my safety, then it makes much more sense to take issue with the manufactures. they should open source the update in this case

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