As you can see at sandors reaction:
Be warned to use this system.
This is only for advanced users who know to use a firewall and
how to put this device into a separate network.
I hope the root access will be hacked soon.
No hard feelings.
I never claimed that, I was talking about an outside party trying to access the LightningAsic controller, not the firmware itself being malicious as you are pointing out. Anyway I'm done here, do as you wish.
I know you're not at liberty to give root access or open up the project any more than you have, I'm not really ranting at you. Just at the general situation, which I realise is not down to you.
Well I'm all for opening up the sources so people can build the images themselves. As you said, it's not up to me to make that decision. But I'd gladly do it, and as soon as I get the green light I will. Until then you will all have to bear with me.