> So your device had no user freedom. You're not doing much to refute the notion that these technologies are only useful to severely restrict user freedom for money.

Would love to hear more of your thoughts on how the users of the device I worked on had their freedom restricted!

I guess my company, the user of the device that I worked on, was being harmed by my company, the creator of the device that I worked on. It's too bad that my company chose to restrict the user's freedom in this way.

Who cares if the application of the device was an industrial control scenario where errors are practically guaranteed to result in the loss of human life, and as a result are incredibly high value targets ala Stuxnet.

No, the users rights to run any code trumps everything! Commercial device or not, ever sold outside of the company or not, terrorist firmware update or not - this right shall not be infringed.

I now recognize I have committed a great sin, and hope you will forgive me.