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So now we get to see how AI holds up against the patent system, which doesn’t care who wrote what.

Not only that, earlier this year, it was discovered that there was a flaw in Secure Boot that meant it never even did the one thing it was supposed to do. This update is designed to make it functional for the first time.

But anyone with enough technical know how to hack their own devices should also be able to have the technical know how to configure their own router and automation server?

The crossover I can think of is people who got compromised devices for cheap and can’t afford to replace them — AND their devices can be re-flashed or otherwise jailbroken to behave responsibly.

<looks at devices> <looks at HA console> <looks at router configuration>

I don’t see a problem here? Or is this about the hundreds of dollars of “smart” tech that I ripped out of my home when I moved in because it was programmed to only function if someone else controlled it? I don’t let stuff like that operate in my house.

Probably doesn’t help that for some reason, it’s installed in su context on Mint. So you either sudo it, or have to enter your password hundreds of times in a row when doing an update… neither of which is very secure.

I appear to have stepped away from BSD for a while; was there a push to get it back to a single license?