On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 2:50 PM <valdis.kletni...@vt.edu> wrote: > On Tue, 12 Mar 2019 13:45:23 -0700, William Herrin said: > > In many cases, only the foreground app has a clear understanding of the > > state of the screen. Not the OS and definitely not the hardware platform. > > I'd be super pissed if I died in Overwatch because the BIOS tried to take > > over the screen to display an amber alert. > > Would you be super pissed if you died for real because Overwatch suppressed a > tornado or other severe weather alert relevant to your location? Serious > question here.
I'd prefer if my computer's BIOS didn't talk to the network at all, that being far more likely to open a path for malware than to save me from a tornado. Some things just have "bad idea" written all over them. Serious answer. Regards, Bill Herrin -- William Herrin ................ her...@dirtside.com b...@herrin.us Dirtside Systems ......... Web: <http://www.dirtside.com/>
