Yes. We're giving the user the ability to protect themselves from the vendor.
replyYour logic only makes sense if the user is your enemy.
I am the vendor and the user is my enemy. Fortunately I get to decide his capabilities and not the other way around, so I win.
replyThe device is in the user's possession, so you'll lose eventually, it's just a matter of how long it takes.
replyOops, claude just cracked your system!
replyYou can even install your own certs into the golden cage (also known as iPhones).
replyUsers aren't supposed to be considered an attack vector. I don't care what the advertisers think.
replyThe infected devices on the LAN are an attack vector, though.
replyIf I want my IOT garbage to be infected that's between me and my local botherder.
replyThe vendor loses the right to decide how my things are used the minute they take my money.
Not in the EU. If devices you made get hacked in the EU and you have a business presence there, you're liable for the resulting damages under the Cyber Resiliency Act. If you don't notify the authorities promptly upon discovery, you might also be criminally liable.
replyWhat if your company doesn't exist anymore, and you have checks billions of devices out there that won't be getting firmware updates?
replyUsers are attack vectors in one of the more commonly successful attacks: social engineering.
replyLike: To verify you are human, clik on the two ducks and install this new certificate.
replyBonus points if it's during a fake job interview.
Absolutely. "To access our secure site, install this certificate as follows..."
replyI did a job interview in a VM once and my legitimate accounts on some platforms got banned for using them in a VM. So you can't even protect yourself.
reply> my legitimate accounts on some platforms got banned for using them in a VM
replyWhich legitimate accounts get banned for use in a VM?
That seems like an incredibly important thing I should know as I use legitimate accounts in VMs.
Bullshit. How would a website even detect a VM?
replyYes, however, this causes people who know what they do suffer because of people who don't. My question is whether this affects innovation, because the same thing at different places definitely does, and we actively fight against this exactly to help innovation.
replyRight. Let's no longer sell computers then.
replyWhich is better - two attack vectors that can be mitigated by an expert, or one attack vector that can't be mitigated by anyone?
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