And now we're getting into much more technical details and why I said "inherently".
A proper built-in box will let you bypass it.
And now we're getting into much more technical details and why I said "inherently".
A proper built-in box will let you bypass it.
That's exactly the problem. There's no guarantee that the built-in will be and remain "proper" with updates. It's like saying we can trust our government with encryption backdoors as long as they behave properly.
My perspective: the incentive for manufacturers is to generate as much revenue as possible. In hardware manufacturing, margins are extremely tight.
Consequently, any additional revenue from selling customer data is incredibly attractive.
Especially if you can do so better/faster than your competitors, thereby competing at the same retail price points with better net margins.
As a result... they have every incentive to fuck their customers over from a privacy perspective.
And what they're doing is invisible.
And this is an entity people are comfortable trusting with unfettered access to their devices/network?
Sorry, I was unclear.
By 'bypass', I mean something that does not require the cooperation of the box.
I should have said the proper way of adding it will let you bypass the box, not phrase things as if the box is the gatekeeper.