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Re:The second operating system hiding in every mobile phone by phaer on Wednesday November 13, 2013 @07:56AM (#6724864)
> And actually, citizens can do the same at their level, not letting enter their house any device or software whose code is not open source or even libre software (so they can recompile it and reinstall it on their hardware).

I tried that, but at the moment it means you can't even own a cellphone, etc

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Re:The second operating system hiding in every mobile phone by JonFish85 on Wednesday November 13, 2013 @11:29AM (#6726275)
Or a new stove, microwave, alarm clock, gas meter, coffee-maker, smart thermostat, ... Limiting yourself to only open-source SW (nevermind HW) is severely crippling, I'd imagine!
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