It's not just TiVo locking down their hardware

Courtesy Digg Linux/Unix upcoming  Sat, 08/30/2008 - 01:10

More and more devices require that their firmware be signed. This is a real problem that affects free software users today, and it's only going to get worse if we don't fight it every way we can.


 

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