Re: Tor exit nodes

[Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org>]

On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 08:44:27AM -0400, Antoine Beaupré wrote:
> We have leverage: we should incite manufacturers to open their designs
> and prove their worth to the world, not just buy the "closed is more
> secure" cool aid. This applies both to Yubico but also to SIM-type
> cards.

You have no leverage at all compared to a government or corporate 
customer buying them a hundred thousand at a time. Those customers not 
only get to write the standards, they also get to verify compliance. A 
small customer can get lower prices by leveraging someone else's volume 
and reviews, or can spend a lot more on a small volume part (with, 
honestly, much less review). A cheap, open, well-reviewed option simply 
doesn't exist.

Mike Stone