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FSF Certifies A USB Microphone For Respecting Your Freedom Plus Some Network Adapters
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Originally posted by Vistaus View Post
And that's what was I was getting at: I'm a FOSS supporter and all, but when it comes down to security, it's not safer PER SE as someone still needs to audit it.
-auditing is harder
-only the main software developer can fix the issues.
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I'm glad to see that my money which goes to the FSF is put to good use, and that they're delivering on their promises.
While USB microphones might seem silly to some, FSF should rating everything so people can pick hardware based on their suggestions (and people who bother to apply for RYF rating probably care about free software and support it, so it's a double win).
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Originally posted by M@GOid View PostI used to care about wireless tech and even bought a couple routers with the best and latest tech. Them I realized that there was a race to extract the biggest amount of money from tech nerds like me, with some routers getting north of 300 dollars, and it was not fun anymore.
That was years ago, before even AC Wifi was launched. Now I just use what I have since all those great promised speeds and ranges where never achieved in real life. When I need speed, cable is the the only one delivering the promise.
And if your better half is allergic to cables, well, that is not my problem :-)
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Originally posted by Kayote View Post
well the problem is this, is open source really more secure that proprietary software? one will tend to think that yes, but on the other hand there are some examples that is not always like that , one being WPA2 encryption vulnerability which windows was mostly unaffected.
Also even if some specific OSS drivers turn out to be say less secure or bugfree than a proprietary one, we should always push for full openness on OUR hardware out of principle, reviewability and accountability of what the piece of hardware does and can do. Anything less is being sheepish.
So I find it really perplexing when people react to someone adding hw. switches or demanding full OSS on drivers with tinfoil hat comments, especially after Snowden, IntelME, AMD PSP and the other crap that's going on. It's ridiculous.
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