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On device? The vast majority of people don't give a flying fuck about privacy, for them the decrease in battery life would not be worth it


so we should get rid of all security features then? No memory management, no code signing, no HTTPS, no certificate pinning?

Vierualisation has a negligible impact on power consumption.


> Vierualisation has a negligible impact on power consumption.

[citation needed] Virtualization on embedded devices with constrained power is a big ask. They are not asking to get rid of all security protections, just pointing out that loosing 10-20% of battery life for marginal security improvement isn't a product winner.


What? How did you derive "we should get rid of all security features" from my reply? I'm saying your idea of using virtualization on-device is not feasible due to the power envelope available vs customer demands.




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