Pine64 Hardware and FSF RYF Certification

[bcnaz]

PS: When it comes to trusting software, one should also be aware of Ken Thompson's Turing Award lecture Reflections on Trusting Trust  https://www.archive.ece.cmu.edu/~ganger/...ompson.pdf

I was looking for that link-- you beat me to it!

Another, and completely separate point: even aside from trust, it can be educational and even sometimes useful to learn about different firmware and experiment with them. You might think of your car's firmware as something you wouldn't want to mess with; but in fact firmware tweaks can often get you a little more torque or a gear ratio you like better. 

Monkeying with your car's ECU, or your single board computer's boot loader, may not be everyone's cup of tea, but I think it's far from pointless.

Hmm  ?
  IT may be possible to change or maybe improve your torque,
BUT No amount of writing code can change how many physical teeth are on a gear,
  The ONLY way to change a "Gear Ratio" is by physically changing them.
(except in a sci-fi movie where any thing can be fixed by pushing a few buttons)
     Sorry,