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>rust this

>rust that

Why re-invent the wheel? Ada is superior. :^)


The rust shilling is obvious in this one.


No, that's not strong enough. It should be indefinitely (or owner has right to damages) UNLESS the entire spec and interface of a device is completely, comprehensively, and publically documented from the silicon up, and the device must either lack software integrity checking or it must be fully under the owner's control (eg purge OEM public key, replace with his own). This should apply to all products containing microprocessors and software to execute, and should apply to burned in ROMs too (since that software in ROM should be user writable/replaceable, this should discourage use of burn in ROMs). This should apply to the end product, so the whole car, TV, washing machine, vacuum cleaner, cellphone, game console, Intel CPUs and chipsets, etc, must have its microcontroller interfaces and specs fully and publically documented or damages could be awarded later once exploits appear. This should tamp down on IoT for fridges and can openers too as what OEM wants to either document IP xor expose themselves to potentially unlimited civil liabilities.


It always gets me how emotional and rabid do-gooder people become about owning weapons which are basically tools which have many legitimate uses.


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