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0 pointsfreehunter6y ago0 comments

Because it's someone else's hardware, someone else's software, and someone else's firmware.

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To be pedantic, unless you flashed coreboot it's not your own firmware and if you aren't using an open hardware laptop then it's not really your hardware either.

OJFord6y ago

But you can have a bit more trust in the supply chain to get to you than that it hasn't been tampered with afterwards.

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0 pointsfreehunter6y ago0 comments

Because it's someone else's hardware, someone else's software, and someone else's firmware.

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cyphar6y ago

To be pedantic, unless you flashed coreboot it's not your own firmware and if you aren't using an open hardware laptop then it's not really your hardware either.

OJFord6y ago

But you can have a bit more trust in the supply chain to get to you than that it hasn't been tampered with afterwards.

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