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minus-squareoce 🐆@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up97arrow-down4·1 day agoDoes that mean I will have more choice in which surveillance agency I want to be spied by?
minus-squareUnfortunateShort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down1·1 day agoUEFI is a standard, not a product. You could make your own even
minus-squarethe_boxhead@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down2·1 day agohttps://libreboot.org/ Or use this…
minus-squareanon5621@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoTianocore open source uefi implementation exist for many years
minus-squarespacelord@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 day agoThis doesn’t support many boards.
minus-squarethe_boxhead@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-21 day agoTrue, but I really appreciate that someone is doing it. (It’s far beyond my capabilities…)
minus-squaregandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 day ago could could in the same sense that i could check all software i use for bugs and malicious code. realistically, i can’t, because it’s way too much work.
minus-squareBuffalox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 day agoBut you could work together with other people, and you could be many people that each checked his/her part for malicious code.
minus-squarestupidcasey@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 day agoSo that just means UBIOS is explicitly for spying since UEFI is open source and a standard right?
minus-squaresalacious_coaster@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41·1 day agoMaybe not, if Intel goes tits-up
minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·1 day agoImplying Intel motherboards will ever support more than US govt approved technology now that they have a substantial holding in Intel
minus-squareT156@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 day agoI think that’s their point. You wouldn’t have a choice again if Intel goes out of business.
Does that mean I will have more choice in which surveillance agency I want to be spied by?
UEFI is a standard, not a product. You could make your own even
https://libreboot.org/
Or use this…
Tianocore open source uefi implementation exist for many years
This doesn’t support many boards.
True, but I really appreciate that someone is doing it. (It’s far beyond my capabilities…)
could in the same sense that i could check all software i use for bugs and malicious code. realistically, i can’t, because it’s way too much work.
But you could work together with other people, and you could be many people that each checked his/her part for malicious code.
So that just means UBIOS is explicitly for spying since UEFI is open source and a standard right?
Maybe not, if Intel goes tits-up
Implying Intel motherboards will ever support more than US govt approved technology now that they have a substantial holding in Intel
I think that’s their point. You wouldn’t have a choice again if Intel goes out of business.
Ouch.