Comment by rustcleaner

You make a good point: hardware should not be default-locked from owner control and manipulation in the name of security. In fact, in the name of security, the default should be open enough to not only manipulate and reflash through owner accessible channels, it should also be easily flashable through chip clips in the worst case compromise scenario. Owner control of all Universal Machines in an object he owns must be a paramount right, akin to the first and second amendments in the bill of rights! This includes your game consoles, vehicles, stoves, washing machines, TVs, microwaves, and even that Qualcomm processor in cellphone basebands. If it is a Universal Machine which executes code from writeable storage (or firmware/microcode provided to it, like during OS boot or driver initialization), it must permit owners to change it. If it comes with cryptographic integrity check keys, the owner must be able to both write his own keys and purge the OEM's keys. Behavior should not change, even the warning Google Pixels give immediately on turn-on are unacceptable, unless it does it by default for the OEM's keys and firmware too; no change in product behavior or appearance when an owner exercises his right to modify his Universal Machines, except where the change arises from the firmware itself that the owner applies.