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[–] UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world 19 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

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

[–] the_boxhead@sh.itjust.works 16 points 18 hours ago (2 children)
[–] anon5621@lemmy.ml 4 points 12 hours ago

Tianocore open source uefi implementation exist for many years

[–] spacelord@sh.itjust.works 10 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

This doesn't support many boards.

[–] the_boxhead@sh.itjust.works 11 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

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

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 17 hours 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 7 points 15 hours ago

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

[–] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago

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