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Comment Re:JFC I'm So Confused (Score 2) 7

It's just an incomprehensible madhouse of spaghetti at this point.

This madhouse was always going to be the endpoint when people started distributing "containers" instead of just building the app properly. However, it's clear that containers have become the only option for script based languages because they are already a security nightmare.

Comment No. (Score 1) 1

The answer is "no" because literally nothing fits your bullshit requirements list because if you really have been working on embedded systems then you already know this to be true. You're basically doing a "cheap, easy, and fast" selection and telling people you need all three.

If you want embedded, you get embedded.
If you want to run a big OS, you get one that will run a big OS.
If you want to pretend these are all the same thing then you can fuck off.

Submission + - Nissan Leaf drivers voice anger over app shutdown (theguardian.com)

Alain Williams writes: Owners of some Nissan Leaf electric vehicles are angry after the carmaker announced it would shut down an app that lets them remotely control battery charging and other functions.

Drivers of Leaf cars made before May 2019 and the e-NV200 van (produced until 2022) have been told that the NissanConnect EV app linked to their vehicles will “cease operation” from 30 March. This means they will lose remote services, including turning on the heating, and some map features.

Experts said they expected other drivers to experience similar problems in future as “connected cars” – vehicles that can connect to the internet – get older.

Comment Re:A worthy adversary! (Score 1) 30

While plausible, consumer devices are generally a race to the bottom so it's unlikely to become the norm. A far more effective tool would be simple regulatory requirements for new updatable devices with embedded firmware that lack an isolated management interface. Maybe throw in a shadow stack requirement to thwart ROP. It would certainly shake up the MCU market because XIP isn't universally supported and shadow stacks are unheard of.

Comment Re:A worthy adversary! (Score 1) 30

I wonder what the feasibility would be of making volatile memory non-executable.

I see no reason that it couldn't be but stack memory could still be hijacked. ROP would still be an option.

the cost of routers being a little higher for temporary-user-updating-enabling (switches) seems like it's worth it overall.

It 100% is worth it for the consumer but vendors don't see any benefit because it costs more and consumers are dummies that don't understand the value.

Comment A lesson. (Score 4, Insightful) 114

This should be a lesson to everyone that using petroleum-based energy makes you subject to the whims of foreign dictators If you are relying on an external source for fuel (or it's refinement) then you are dependent on everything between you and that external source.

Actual energy independence means you aren't subject to interruptions by a physical supply chain. If you are using a fuel then you never truly have energy independence.

Note: Idiots who want to tell me that sunlight can blocked, the wind can be stopped, or the Earth can be cooled are either talking about science fiction or literal mass extinction events which isn't relevant to this topic since a supply chain disruption (mass panic) is nearly guaranteed in those situations.

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