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China releases 'UBIOS' standard to replace UEFI — Huawei-backed BIOS firmware replacement charges China's domestic computing goals (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] oce@jlai.lu 117 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Does that mean I will have more choice in which surveillance agency I want to be spied by?

[–] salacious_coaster@infosec.pub 44 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Maybe not, if Intel goes tits-up

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Implying Intel motherboards will ever support more than US govt approved technology now that they have a substantial holding in Intel

[–] T156@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

I think that's their point. You wouldn't have a choice again if Intel goes out of business.

[–] UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world 33 points 1 month ago (3 children)

UEFI is a standard, not a product. You could make your own even

[–] the_boxhead@sh.itjust.works 34 points 1 month ago (2 children)

https://libreboot.org/

Or use this…

[–] spacelord@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This doesn't support many boards.

[–] the_boxhead@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

True, but I really appreciate that someone is doing it. (It’s far beyond my capabilities…)

[–] anon5621@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago

Tianocore open source uefi implementation exist for many years

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But you could work together with other people, and you could be many people that each checked his/her part for malicious code.

[–] Hule@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

And you could trust them all!

[–] Tangent5280@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

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

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Why would you do it with people you don't trust?

[–] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

So that just means UBIOS is explicitly for spying since UEFI is open source and a standard right?

[–] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 3 points 1 month ago

There's no need to change mobo to have that, just install Temu app or similars.