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0 pointsfreehunter7y 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.

OJFord7y 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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cyphar7y 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.

OJFord7y 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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