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@dalias @enron @mc_lewis This is founded on the conceit that a machine will only do what you tell it, and not what others (like, hackers) tell it.

Amazing how quickly that notion insinuates itself when "open source OS" is mentioned: The illusion that you control something perfectly. You don't know what surprises are in there or in what respects the cheesy reverse-engineered drivers are lacking.

it's exactly the same situation as any PC or phone.

Just no. And the fact that brands are trying to sell these cheap un-PC-like devices en masse is the main clue. If I slice a mic out of a laptop or phone, it still functions fine when I attach a headset. Do the same on a spy-tchotchke device and its reason for being is gone. The fact that it has been physically streamlined for that role is part of the problem.