Re: [Bloat] LWN article discussing the FCC blunder, as well a VW's (The Internet of criminal things)

[Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>]

On Thu, 24 Sep 2015 14:30:14 -0400
Rich Brown <richb.hanover@gmail.com> wrote:

> Would you provide a link to the FCC article (for those of us who don't have a LWN subscription)? Thanks.
> 
> > On Sep 24, 2015, at 7:44 AM, David Collier-Brown <davec-b@rogers.com> wrote:
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> >  <http://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/658198/233be09044fdb1e5/>http://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/658198/233be09044fdb1e5/ <http://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/658198/233be09044fdb1e5/>
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I think David is talking about this paragraph:
> Cars are not the only vehicle (so to speak) for software that can hide user-hostile antifeatures. In the US, the Federal Communications Commission is currently pondering changes that would make it far harder to put free software onto WiFi devices. One need not even consider the damage such rules may do to free-software development, which has been the primary source of innovation and improvement in this area, to see where such rules could lead. We cannot expect corporations, many of which show levels of restraint inferior to that of a typical toddler, to resist the temptation to put spyware or malware into their widely distributed devices sitting in privileged positions on thousands of networks. We cannot really even trust them to adhere to the spectrum rules that are the motivation for the proposed restrictions; VW's lack of respect for emissions rules has made that clear.