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minus-squareUnfortunateShort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days agoUEFI is a standard, not a product. You could make your own even
minus-squarethe_boxhead@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days agohttps://libreboot.org/ Or use this…
minus-squareanon5621@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days agoTianocore open source uefi implementation exist for many years
minus-squarestupidcasey@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days agoSo that just means UBIOS is explicitly for spying since UEFI is open source and a standard right?
minus-squaregandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 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-up0·9 days agoBut you could work together with other people, and you could be many people that each checked his/her part for malicious code.
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
So that just means UBIOS is explicitly for spying since UEFI is open source and a standard right?
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!