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minus-squareUnfortunateShort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·3 days agoUEFI is a standard, not a product. You could make your own even
minus-squarethe_boxhead@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35arrow-down2·3 days agohttps://libreboot.org/ Or use this…
minus-squarespacelord@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 days agoThis doesn’t support many boards.
minus-squarethe_boxhead@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·edit-23 days agoTrue, but I really appreciate that someone is doing it. (It’s far beyond my capabilities…)
minus-squareanon5621@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoTianocore open source uefi implementation exist for many years
minus-squaregandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·3 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-up11·3 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-down1·1 day agoAnd you could trust them all!
minus-squareTangent5280@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day 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-up1·1 day agoWhy would you do it with people you don’t trust?
minus-squarestupidcasey@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·3 days agoSo that just means UBIOS is explicitly for spying since UEFI is open source and a standard right?
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?