memfd_secret() in 5.14

memfd_secret() in 5.14

Posted Aug 8, 2021 12:44 UTC (Sun) by khim (subscriber, #9252)
In reply to: memfd_secret() in 5.14 by Wol
Parent article: memfd_secret() in 5.14

> And saying "let us tamper with your computer or get sacked" does not count as informed consent - it's called "unfair dismissal", which can be VERY expensive, let alone the (I believe) 5-year jail sentence that goes along with hacking the employee's personal computer.

Can you give me the list of companies which were fined for that? And who got the jail sentence?

I think you still are living in the imaginary world where law means a lot more than it does in reality. PJ lived there for a few years. She have got an epiphany eight years ago. You still live in a delusion.

In a world where Supreme Court decision is easily ignored talking about what's written in this or that law is pointless.

And if you think that it's “just the insanity on the other side of the pond” then here is how princple of solidarity trumps the actual laws.

The only thing that matter is how laws are actually treated in real world. And not even how they are interpreted by courts but by how they are, then, applied by police and other government institutions.

> If I'm the *owner* I have every right to disable (or enforce) this security feature.

For a next few years, sure, you would have such right. Maybe even longer — for a devices not connected to the network.

> But don't treat the owner as if they're a "mere user". And as I said elsewhere, I can be a "grumpy old man". I do not like being what I can, and can not, do with MY OWN computer.

That's nice way if putting it. But who said there are enough people like you to matter? Heck, who said you would have the right to do that in the future? Once upon time land was treated like that, too. And buildings. You owned it — you could do whatever you want with it. Can kill the trespasser or change building shape in any way you like.

Today it's not true (violate any of bazillion related laws and you can easily be prosecuted for what you do on your own land with your own property) and as world becomes more and more connected laptops will follow (phones are already there, more-or-less).

I'm just looking of how the world behaves and make the appropriate decision based on that.

You, on the other hand, start with your likes and dislikes and then act as if they matter one jot.

No, they only matter when others allow them to matter. And that happens in rarer and rarer cases.

At some point your ability of doing what you want (and not what others think you should want) would be cancelled. And no, becoming a “grumpy old man” wouldn't save you. Unless you have some hypersonic missiles stashed under your bed and could actually protect your choice of life you would do as others would decide.

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