On: Replacing x86 firmware with Linux and Go

[freedomben]

I would love a potential employer/recruiter to woo me with, "Your choice of non-backdoor-ed laptop that respects your privacy." I would at least give them a phone call for that line.

[mattnewton → freedomben]

What is private about a company laptop? Your own laptop shouldn’t be backdoored, but I think it’s irrational to expect the a laptop owned by the company won’t be managed by that company.

[freedomben → mattnewton]

I don't expect it. That's why if a company offered it to me I would be impressed. It would speak volumes that they:

A) Trust their employees

B) Respect my privacy

C) Aren't paternalistic