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Re:Ring0VBA – Getting Ring0 Using a Word Document by badsectoracula on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @11:08AM (#33344862)
Cars are a bit different, considering they are physical objects that can easily kill people and you can't exactly manufacture a car in your room with a $50 computer - entry prices are a tiny bit higher there.

Meanwhile, i don't think i should have to ask permission from the government to make something like, e.g. a map editing tool for a 90s fps, like i did yesterday[0] (the tool, not requesting permission) or a sprite editor[1] or a quick-and-dirty wiki server to take notes in games[2]. Or really anything that doesn't have to do with areas where lives are at stake (which AFAIK is already being done anyway with programs needing to pass conformance tests - something i'm perfectly fine with, at least in theory, as i don't know in practice if these tests really work or are designed to help existing actors stay entrenched).

[0] http://runtimeterror.com/tools/chasmfe/

[1] http://runtimeterror.com/tools/mseditor/

[2] http://runtimeterror.com/tools/cppwiki/

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Re:Ring0VBA – Getting Ring0 Using a Word Document by Rygian on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @12:03PM (#33345717)
What about megacorps writing operating systems for 99% of the device-owner population of the world?

And again, the original comment above is not "ask permission from the government" but instead "pass independent security audits by neutral auditors before exposing your software to the general public."

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Re:Ring0VBA – Getting Ring0 Using a Word Document by badsectoracula on Saturday October 29, 2022 @08:54AM (#33383626)
It was

> independent security audits paid with public money

The "with public money" part means they are funded and thus controlled by the government.

Not that i think a privately owned megacorp is much better, after all i do not like the scare boxes you see on unsigned (and "lesser signed") programs in Windows and macOS unless you pay the certificate mafia protection money - but at least those do not block you completely.

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