I am not against security, do not get me wrong - This is about freedom to control my computer - that implies that there should be reasonable way to do that and be able to authenticate and/or disable it - simply use it.
If the only choice to control ones own audio device is not to install modern linux anymore - that does not seems to be marching in the right direction, IMHO. I could have done that without problems 2 years ago on number of modern distros. That said, I am not sure what lawyers have to do with access to my audio, screen, file system, gpio, etc. and which lawyer's specifically. -Tomas On Mon, 2022-02-14 at 08:43 -0800, Paul Heinlein wrote: > On Sun, 13 Feb 2022, Tomas Kuchta wrote: > > > > security zealots who implemented authentication for just about > > anything > > (filesystem, video, sound, usb, applications, etc.) > > They may be zealots to you, but to many of us they are Lawyer > Avoidance Gurus. The number of people waiting to sue institutions > for > not implementing every last bit of security theater is large and > growing. > > Obviously, my point of view on the subject is not definitive, and > I'm > not trying to justify the situation, but the indisputable fact is > that > there are thousands of IT professionals who -- supporting open > source > software by filing tickets, submitting patches, and writing > documentation -- increasingly answer to their legal departments. >
