Cybercriminals who breached Nvidia issue one of the most unusual demands ever
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#2This is pretty high on my Cyberpunkometer
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#4I would rather outlaw cryptocurrencies for being a harm for the planet with their crazy energy demands, besides also fueling criminals.
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#5> So, NVIDIA, the choice is yours! Either: Officially make current and all future drivers for all cards open source, while keeping the Verilog and chipset trade secrets... well, secret OR Not make the drivers open source, making us release the entire silicon chip files so that everyone not only knows your driver's secrets, but also your most closely-guarded trade secrets for graphics and computer chipsets too!
Interesting. Someone got really fed up with them. I don't think their binary blob ever made them any friends.
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#6I would rather outlaw cryptocurrencies for being a harm for the planet with their crazy energy demands, besides also fueling criminals.
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#7Pity they don't have the driver source code to make their own uncrippled firmware...
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#8> Nvidia introduced LHR in February 2021 with the launch of its GeForce RTX 3060 models. Three months later, the company brought LHR to its GeForce RTX 3080, 3070, and 3060 Ti graphics cards. The reason: to make the cards less desirable to people mining Ethereum and possibly other types of cryptocurrencies.
What a bizarre move. Why would they do this?
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#9>"We decided to help mining and gaming community,"
I don't understand how this demand helps the gaming community. Wouldn't this drive up the crypto-motivated demand for GPUs even more and hurt the gaming community?
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#10> We decided to help mining and gaming community
How does removing LHR help the gaming community?