On Sat 16 Jan 2021 at 20:57:19 +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Sat, Jan 16, 2021 at 01:19:21PM -0500, Steven Mainor wrote: > > My main concern for the laptop in question is security. So from a > > security standpoint, what is the difference between using a wifi > > card with built in closed source firmware, and closed source > > firmware that is loaded by the kernel like ath10k. Either way the > > firmware is only running on the card, Not the CPU, correct? > > The difference between burnt-in and loadable firmware is that the > second can change under you at the manufacturer's whim [1]. This > may have advantages and disadvantages, but you don't get to control > those :)
In terms of control, the burnt-in firmware cannot cannot be controlled either. I do not know where this gets us. -- Brian.
