I’m the Never Ending Pie Throwing Robot, aka NEPTR.

Linux enthusiast, programmer, and privacy advocate. I’m nearly done with an IT Security degree.

TL;DR I am a nerd.

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  • They disregard the risk from the vendor because you are already using their hardware. The hardware has firmware already included which is proprietary, the hardware itself is proprietary, and hardware effectively runs as root anyways. You should already trust your hardware or you shouldn’t be using it. Linux-libre is a purity test, that is it. It is security theater which actually, definitely, really makes you vulnerable without doing anything meaningful. The only time it makes any sense is if you only use open source hardware.