Locking it all down

Right now, the FCC is considering a proposal to require manufacturers to lock down computing devices (routers, PCs, phones) to prevent modification if they have a โ€œmodular wireless radioโ€[1][2] or a device with an โ€œelectronic label.โ€

That would mean no Linux, very restricted OSes and no escaping the panopticon.

General purpose computing is doomed because it is too dangerous (to existing power structures) and too difficult for most people to handle, but it might be gone sooner than we thought.

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  1. Tamper-proofing the radios is about as USSR as it gets. And as of this writing I can’t pull up the page you linked to. It’s like that site is offline or something.

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