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A bit sad to see another famous hacker turning to the "dark side" --- as "security chips" are a treacherous slippery slope, no matter who controls them. Just because it's "open source" doesn't mean it's a good thing.

Edit: give Stallman's "Right to Read" another read.

On the other hand, Pandora’s box has been opened, and the double-edged sword of cryptography has been unleashed on the world. Having open source security/trust systems is valuable.

Nuclear weapons also opened a Pandora's box, but that doesn't mean open source ones would be better either.

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