Not just security

Posted Mar 4, 2026 1:21 UTC (Wed) by cesarb (subscriber, #6266)
Parent article: Garrett: To update blobs or not to update blobs

> It contains bugs. These bugs are sometimes very bad. [...] code running on SSDs that made it possible to bypass encryption secrets. The SSD vendors released updates that fixed these issues.

This post focuses too much on security. What about the recent Intel (and to a lesser extent AMD) firmware updates which attempt to prevent the CPU from degrading over time? Or the firmware updates I've seen a couple of years ago from several laptop OEMs which tuned the battery charging algorithm to preserve its useful life?