> It's amazing. I read the first 3 paragraphs and the eff can't even acknowledge how much of a problem malware is for many computer users.
Maybe because those who boot into environments endorsed by the FSF don't have a malware problem. I certainly don't.
That doesn't make me insensitive to other people's problems. But I have no sympathy for those who face such problems because they chose to.
I'll take it seriously when bootloader malware become the dominant model, because only difference is being harder to detect. Each and every malware I've seen is perfectly happy with user-level permissions and privilege escalation from within the OS and, once UEFI becomes the norm, I suspect signing keys will leak anyway.
Maybe because those who boot into environments endorsed by the FSF don't have a malware problem. I certainly don't.
That doesn't make me insensitive to other people's problems. But I have no sympathy for those who face such problems because they chose to.
I'll take it seriously when bootloader malware become the dominant model, because only difference is being harder to detect. Each and every malware I've seen is perfectly happy with user-level permissions and privilege escalation from within the OS and, once UEFI becomes the norm, I suspect signing keys will leak anyway.