monnier

Le projet de loi C-22 est inacceptable, tout comme son prédécesseur le projet de loi C-2.

Petal demande $12M pour l'utilisation du système pendant 6 mois? C'est du racket! #PublicMoneyPublicCode

Yet, most people still spend several hours every day in "virtual US" (GAFAM).

Il me semble que de nos jours le désir indépendantiste n'est rien de plus qu'une opposition au gouvernement canadien actuel exacerbé par une rancoeur tirée d'iniquités passées. C'est malheureusement compatible autant avec le fascisme que l'antifascisme.

So AFAICT, in practice a locked bootloader makes no difference to the most common attacks I've seen on my devices and that of friends&family. Seems like a far cry from your original claim that "This means that the most essential feature for your safety, the metaphorical lock on the front door of your house, is left broken and loose."

But my point is that a remote attacker using privilege escalation can already do all of that even with a locked bootloader. "rootkits" don't need an unlocked bootloader.

Sorry, but that page does not seem to say what you wrote. E.g. I can't see how a remote attacker (such as a malign webpage, email, application, ...) could take advantage of an unlocked bootloader without being able to see (and modify) all the data on your phone. IOW I think what you write applies only to an attacker who has physically taken your phone (temporarily).

Can someone point me at technical info about the risks of having an unlocked bootloader? From where I stand, the risks seem completely irrelevant (to take advantage of an unlocked bootloader, the attacker would need to have full access to your OS already). AFAIK, locking of bootloaders was never designed to protect the user, but only to let cell-phone providers restrict what phone users can do.

Ouais, et en plus tout semble indiquer que le PQ va venir au pouvoir (bien logiquement) juste après la CAQ. Malheureusement, tout indique aussi qu'ils ne vont rien nettoyer.

The question is: are they going to do something about it?

You make it sound like optical mouses were a no-brainer, but they were very much non trivial: it required both ingenuity and fairly sophisticated tech to make them work well.

Donner-leur un logement, ça coûte moins cher!