"Will make this a showstopper" for whom? You can't imagine anyone having any use for this device?
You're wrong about how the device uses HTTPS links, as other people have already pointed out elsewhere.
What's hilarious about the inherent impossibility of secure closed source software? You "hope" Chrome is "based on" Chromium---what relevance does this hope have for a factual discussion? And what about Microsoft and Apple? And the many well-reasoned criticisms of browser-based encryption?
Debian's wiki page about the Raspberry Pi explains about the non-free software required to even boot the device. You were probably using Raspbian, which is a Debian derivative that includes the necessary binary blobs.
> You can't imagine anyone having any use for this device?
No home users would be able to use this - and that is who they seem to be targeting their marketing towards.
> What's hilarious about the inherent impossibility of secure closed source software?
That you can't get around using closed source software/hardware. You have to put trust into closed source software at some point - do you drive a car?
> You "hope" Chrome is "based on" Chromium---what relevance does this hope have for a factual discussion?
Like I said before - relating to security I hope certain systems like OpenSSL and CAs are not compromised. I'm a realistic person and I assume they aren't. Do you check and pin every SSL certificate you come across? How do you know that you don't have a bad CA certificate in your store right now?
I'm not saying I have irrevocable proof that Chrome's code is a fork of Chromium - but there are enough indications that suggest this[1]. I'm not saying you should or shouldn't use Chrome - go use lynx if that makes you feel better.
> And what about Microsoft and Apple?
What about them? I'm not saying they are perfect - but I'm also not totally paranoid that I'm going to refuse them on the basis that I can't see their code.
> And the many well-reasoned criticisms of browser-based encryption?
That's a loaded question if I ever saw one. Web applications like cryptocat are bad because they send the keys with Javascript. I'm no security expert - but something like this seems reasonable to me in the context of the use case of this box [2].
You're wrong about how the device uses HTTPS links, as other people have already pointed out elsewhere.
What's hilarious about the inherent impossibility of secure closed source software? You "hope" Chrome is "based on" Chromium---what relevance does this hope have for a factual discussion? And what about Microsoft and Apple? And the many well-reasoned criticisms of browser-based encryption?
Debian's wiki page about the Raspberry Pi explains about the non-free software required to even boot the device. You were probably using Raspbian, which is a Debian derivative that includes the necessary binary blobs.