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Just about every Windows and Linux device vulnerable to new LogoFAIL firmware attack(arstechnica.com)

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Just about every Windows and Linux device vulnerable to new LogoFAIL firmware attack::UEFIs booting Windows and Linux devices can be hacked by malicious logo images.

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YodaDaCoda@sh.itjust.works
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I want my computer to run an open-source BIOS/UEFI but the set of systems supported by projects like Libreboot is unfortunately rather limited.

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ReginaPhalange@lemmy.world
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You want your BIOS WITHOUT NSA BACKDOOR?!! HAHAHAHAHA

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muntedcrocodile@lemmy.world
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Why is it so limmitted? Whats the bottleneck?

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YodaDaCoda@sh.itjust.works
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Each board has to be added manually, I presume they all have intricacies around initialising hardware and it seems most of that is kept in binary blobs and I don’t really understand I just wish it was like openwrt and worked anywhere

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