Re:Is the FSF Fighting the Previous War?
by xorcist on Saturday October 08, 2022 @08:01AM
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That argument boils down to "if there's something you dislike about society, feel free to live a hermit life in the woods instead". That's not an argument, that's an ultimatum.
In order to receive my salary, pay taxes, fulfill children's schooling, and a myriad of other things there are plenty of proprietary software involved that requries a full hardware attestation to prove that the no part of the software stack is under user control.
It is completely unfounded to call this FUD. It is a fact of modern life. I do condone it because there are many obvious economic and political problems with it already, and could easily see how it could get much worse before it gets better. So far I have been able to isolate these "0wned" devices from the rest of my digital life, but that rest is getting increasinly marginalized.
In order to receive my salary, pay taxes, fulfill children's schooling, and a myriad of other things there are plenty of proprietary software involved that requries a full hardware attestation to prove that the no part of the software stack is under user control.
It is completely unfounded to call this FUD. It is a fact of modern life. I do condone it because there are many obvious economic and political problems with it already, and could easily see how it could get much worse before it gets better. So far I have been able to isolate these "0wned" devices from the rest of my digital life, but that rest is getting increasinly marginalized.