Le Fri, Mar 07, 2025 at 07:33:53PM +0100, Simon Josefsson a écrit : > pan...@disroot.org writes: > > > I urge Debian to rethink its decision to officially include non-free > > firmware and correct the social contract. Instead of making non-free > > firmware the default, Debian should ensure that users consciously > > choose to install it while being made aware of the implications. > > I agree and would personally come back to use Debian on some of my > laptops if there was a supported way to install Debian from official > installer images that did not promote non-free software by including > firmware on them. > > The recent AMD Microcode vulnerability is a good case-study on the > dangers of permitting non-free code to run on your CPU: > > https://bughunters.google.com/blog/5424842357473280/zen-and-the-art-of-microcode-hacking
Do not fall for the marketing. What was broken was the DRM which forbid you to fix the firmware on your own CPU. This is no more a vulnerability than letting you boot your own OS. Cheers, -- Bill. <ballo...@debian.org> Imagine a large red swirl here.
