I'm concerned about this....
* Just because no one "sees" a security problem with their computer, doesn't mean that there isn't one.
Definition of serial ports from wikipedia:
"In computing, a serial port is a serial communication physical interface through which information transfers in or out one bit at a time (in contrast to a parallel port).[1] Throughout most of the history of personal computers, data was transferred through serial ports to devices such as modems, terminals and various peripherals...."
So, who the hell knows if this thing program for it, AND it doesn't appear in my installed programs list.
Any computer people in here who can give us more background and assurance as to what this driver is doing? Why isn't it a standard Arduino driver, which I assume has been more thoroughly worked through?? Maybe we are all getting hacked and don't know it. If not giving outside 2 way access to my internet connection, it seems it should have at least enabled my laptop to immediately engaged and (perhaps "handshake"?) with any board like this which is simply pluged into my computer.
Many of us are engineers, and we use this thing for work. And, as we all know, a lot of engineering stuff has been stolen from us lately in the U.S....
Any (non-smartass) feedback/information anyone?
-Aron
