[AndriyKunitsyn]

People just don't care. Even Stallman is okay with a microwave with closed-source firmware as long as it doesn't try to update its firmware.

For most people, a computer is just another appliance. They don't consider the security implications that this appliance can leak credit cards and such.

[fc417fc802]

> People just don't care.

But I think they ought to. I also suspect that the current state of affairs is largely due to lack of understanding.

> as long as it doesn't try to update its firmware

I agree. But that isn't what we're talking about here. Things that can't update their firmware generally don't need you to upload a binary blob to them on startup.