Comment by fsflover
1 month ago
Never heard anything about "driver stabilization" before, and couldn't find anything confirming that it exists. In my understanding, the longer some piece of software is used, the higher the probability that a vulnerability can be found.
I can imagine that after a really long time, most vulnerabilities might be found, but I don't believe I will live long enough to see that for relevant drivers.
> Never heard anything about "driver stabilization" before, and couldn't find anything confirming that it exists.
I don't know that it's a known phrase, I find it odd you searched for it as I would have thought the meaning would have been obvious. Bugs are found generally within the developer mandated lifespan of the device, more bugs are found closer to release with less being found over time.
There might still be vulnerabilities, but that would be just as true for open source ones, because in both cases no one is really looking for them.
Can you find any unpatched vulnerabilities for any of the OnePlus devices that PMOS runs on? I doubt it. They may exist, but they may exist i your Librem also.
Stastistically, vulnerabilities should exist in both OnePlus and Librem. However, as the latter has free drivers, anyone will be able to fix them, whereas for OnePlus you have to hope that the vendor helps you.
Right, so you're just going off vague generalizations and possibilities. There's an entire army of people looking for vulnerabilities in this area, and they haven't found any. Until you can show a vulnerability for the devices I mentioned, you don't have much of a point.
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