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minus-squareoce 🐆@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up117arrow-down4·2 days agoDoes that mean I will have more choice in which surveillance agency I want to be spied by?
minus-squareSharkAttak@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 hours agoThere’s no need to change mobo to have that, just install Temu app or similars.
minus-squareUnfortunateShort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·2 days agoUEFI is a standard, not a product. You could make your own even
minus-squarethe_boxhead@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33arrow-down2·2 days agohttps://libreboot.org/ Or use this…
minus-squarespacelord@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 days agoThis doesn’t support many boards.
minus-squarethe_boxhead@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·edit-22 days agoTrue, but I really appreciate that someone is doing it. (It’s far beyond my capabilities…)
minus-squareanon5621@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoTianocore open source uefi implementation exist for many years
minus-squaregandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·2 days 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-up11·2 days agoBut you could work together with other people, and you could be many people that each checked his/her part for malicious code.
minus-squareHule@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·5 hours agoAnd you could trust them all!
minus-squareTangent5280@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoYou could do it with enough people that there is several sections overlapping between unrelated people that it becomes infeasible even for state actors to compromise EVERY person attesting any one piece of software
minus-squareBuffalox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoWhy would you do it with people you don’t trust?
minus-squarestupidcasey@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 days agoSo that just means UBIOS is explicitly for spying since UEFI is open source and a standard right?
minus-squaresalacious_coaster@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up44·2 days agoMaybe not, if Intel goes tits-up
minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·2 days 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-up12·2 days 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?
There’s no need to change mobo to have that, just install Temu app or similars.
UEFI is a standard, not a product. You could make your own even
https://libreboot.org/
Or use this…
This doesn’t support many boards.
True, but I really appreciate that someone is doing it. (It’s far beyond my capabilities…)
Tianocore open source uefi implementation exist for many years
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.
And you could trust them all!
You could do it with enough people that there is several sections overlapping between unrelated people that it becomes infeasible even for state actors to compromise EVERY person attesting any one piece of software
Why would you do it with people you don’t trust?
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.