[Arm-netbook] CC3000 Wi-Fi for MCU

[Alejandro Mery]

On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 19:21, lkcl luke <luke.leighton at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2012/1/25 Henrik Nordström <henrik at henriknordstrom.net>:
>
>> I draw the border slightly different but similar. If the device would function the same with romed firmware as with a firmware blob where the cpu i run my free OS on is only uploading to the device and not executing it in any manner then it's acceptable by aggregation imho.
>
>  lots of people take this view (myself included).  and then it turns
> out that the proprietary firmware monitors, eavesdrops and informs on
> your location, or allows for the arbitrary execution of code that is
> downloaded over-the-air.
>
>  whoops.
>
>  no that is _not_ a hoax.  i spoke recently to a 3G modem manufacturer
> and they accidentally let slip that they are "required" to allow the
> 3G carriers to deploy arbitrarily-executed code.

but what's wrong with open source firmwares like ath9k's?