@niggy I've read about a case where someone ported just Linux onto a HDD and watched as it panic()'d on boot (as it seems he forgot to port GNU as well).

Users do have a use of free SDD software, it's just that manufacturers have done their best to prevent it and implementations haven't yet been written - it's unacceptable to trample over such freedom merely because free SDD software hasn't been completed yet.

It's entirely possible to implement a SDD software signing scheme where the user is able to set their own keys, but manufacturers don't do that for a reason.


For an adversary to infect a SDD, they have to gain root access first and you're really long gone by then.