schizoidman@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoChina releases 'UBIOS' standard to replace UEFI — Huawei-backed BIOS firmware replacement charges China's domestic computing goalswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square50linkfedilinkarrow-up1250arrow-down13 cross-posted to: hardware@lemmy.world
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minus-squareoce 🐆linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up119arrow-down4·1 year agoDoes that mean I will have more choice in which surveillance agency I want to be spied by?
minus-squaresalacious_coaster@infosec.pubdeleted by creatorlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43·1 year agoMaybe not, if Intel goes tits-up
minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·1 year agoImplying Intel motherboards will ever support more than US govt approved technology now that they have a substantial holding in Intel
minus-squareT156@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 year agoI think that’s their point. You wouldn’t have a choice again if Intel goes out of business.
minus-squareUnfortunateShort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·1 year agoUEFI is a standard, not a product. You could make your own even
minus-squarethe_boxhead@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36arrow-down2·1 year agohttps://libreboot.org/ Or use this…
minus-squarespacelord@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 year agoThis doesn’t support many boards.
minus-squarethe_boxhead@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·1 year agoTrue, but I really appreciate that someone is doing it. (It’s far beyond my capabilities…)
minus-squareanon5621@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoTianocore open source uefi implementation exist for many years
minus-squaregandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·1 year 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-up11·1 year 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-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoAnd you could trust them all!
minus-squareTangent5280@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year 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 year agoWhy would you do it with people you don’t trust?
minus-squarestupidcasey@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year agoSo that just means UBIOS is explicitly for spying since UEFI is open source and a standard right?
minus-squareSharkAttak@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoThere’s no need to change mobo to have that, just install Temu app or similars.
Does that mean I will have more choice in which surveillance agency I want to be spied by?
Maybe not, if Intel goes tits-up
Implying Intel motherboards will ever support more than US govt approved technology now that they have a substantial holding in Intel
I think that’s their point. You wouldn’t have a choice again if Intel goes out of business.
Ouch.
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?
There’s no need to change mobo to have that, just install Temu app or similars.