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What would be FOSS equivalent for hardware ? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 1 year ago by bullshitter to c/[email protected]

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Just like we have software developed by the community, for the community. Can we have the same ideology applied to hardware ?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Thank you. So, last year, the Lower Merion School District, in a middle-class, affluent suburb of Philadelphia found itself in a great deal of trouble, because it was caught distributing PCs to its students, equipped with rootkits that allowed for remote covert surveillance through the computer's camera and network connection.

That was THIRTEEN YEARS ago?!