Well kids of age 10 I guess don't really need to use tg or whatsapp, so it matters more to older people

They do. You didn't find them yet.

and have it on my computer

i can see client side code make sure it is not doing anything i dislike

I monitor most of the closed source software I use too

Check internet connections, firewall etc.

i don't

because i use so little of it

i just turn off the internet completely

and just use it

when done shut off the vm or whatever

The day they start doing smth weird hasn't arrived yet for me

and turn internet on

working on my own OS as well

just for fun

The day they start doing smth weird hasn't arrived yet for me

How do you know if can't check the code? How are you 100% sure of what your privative software does?

How do you know if can't check the code? How are you 100% sure of what your privative software does?

Because everything risky it depends on internet connectivity? Since it needs that to transmit personal data, I just make sure it does not do that, block connections using firewall

Because everything risky it depends on internet connectivity? Since it needs that to transmit personal data, I just make sure it does not do that, block connections using firewall

not necessarily

not necessarily

Well, if it stays on my pc only, what damage can it do

what that software could do is be a rootkit basically

then keylog you till it gets admin passwords

from there rewrite the monitoring software

with it's own version

and bam

nothing suspicious going on

If a software did that, they should be prepared to get thrown out of the market and bankrupt

Not worth for them getting some admin passwords

If a software did that, they should be prepared to get thrown out of the market and bankrupt

>what is windows

In my case atleast, since I don't buy things online or anything related

intel also tried to backdoor their own cpus

In my case atleast, since I don't buy things online or anything related

not the point the admin password can be used to modify the system completely

and with that turn itself on and off irregardless what you say

it is easy to turn off the screen display

I think you are going a bit too far lol

how?

Like, do all that, with what purpose? What do they win here?

if you make a virus you might make it good

The world is interest-based

Like, do all that, with what purpose? What do they win here?

build skynet

The world is interest-based

make IoT

build skynet

Hmm not so sure about that

Hmm not so sure about that

stuxnet is able to bridge airgaps

using low level code

AI is a VERY interesting subject

and anyone who writes a virus woule be interested in it for sure for multiple reasons

Ok then, let's say we want to get rid of intel backdoors, proprietary software etc.

have you heard about Purism?

have you heard about Purism?

i have not been too busy lately

They basically make open source hardware and software laptops and devices

see it is not about that we need to get people to want to make open source

we need incentives there

And let's say we want to make a change, convince people to change and buy them

make public goverment funded projects or something

Here is the funny part, buying that is not easy nor cheap

In many countries, the average wage is under 200$ a month

While buying a Purism laptop costs like 1.5k$

Let's say I am from one of these countries and want to have it and profit from open source stuff

I can't, because price is too much

That's why I am stuck with ordinary PC-s, that use windows

Because they are cheaper and affordable

see what i would do in that case

and most will not do this

This, IMO, is smth that should be addressed

is research how a cpu is made

order a small one

and build my own computer

using their open source documentation

and most will not do this

Exactly, not tech savvy enough

and the only way to change this is to modify the whole system

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is research how a cpu is made

Not only cpu is open source, you need every possible component

Not only cpu is open source, you need every possible component

not necessarily

you can make an OS not take into account interrupt flags

or register flags in general

While buying a Purism laptop costs like 1.5k$

Oh come on!

this gets rid of like 10-20% of the silicone inside the CPU

Oh come on!

What? Is that wrong?

theoritically move is also turing complete

I am from one of these countries where average wage is 250$

so you can get your CPU to just use different move functions

I am from one of these countries where average wage is 250$

buy a thinkpad and put linux on it

it is cheaper then 1.5k

What? Is that wrong?

I'm a fanboy, an used ThinkPad for example a X220 is about US$200

and it is easy to repair

it is cheaper then 1.5k

But, the point is we all want open source hardware

you can easily put linux on it

That is my point

buy a thinkpad and put linux on it

I am planning that

I'm a fanboy, an used ThinkPad for example a X220 is about US$200

Everything runs out of the box if you install Fedora in it.

You can install libreboot in it.

http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:X240

just a sample one

I wanted to get a T410 maybe

you can find datasheets for each of these components

the one thing you cannot do is find the chip topography well that simply

The only thing that it is not fully OpenSource is the wifi drivers, but you still have the ethernet port.

if you are a comp eng you can find the topography

I wanted to get a T410 maybe

Go ahead.

Everything runs out of the box if you install Fedora in it.

na fedora is weakness

great for using propreitory software with it

but too easy to install

Because they are cheaper and affordable

You can install Linux on any of those cheap computers. Why is it mandatory to use a cracked version of Windows?