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They can't, he probably installed whatever software that came with the hardware.
by bzb3 6y ago
They can't, he probably installed whatever software that came with the hardware.
- znpy 6y agoI guess you're right. I don't understand why my previous comment is being downvoted though.
- phone8675309 6y agoYou criticized China, that's why. You can't criticize China on the Internet and expect to not be downvoted by the fifty cent army. Edit: Case in point - this comment was flagged less than five minutes after it was posted.
- detaro 6y agoI mean, HN has an explicit rule about not claiming others on the site are part of state campaigns, so flagging seems like the correct response?
- detaro 6y agoThere is a few mechanisms through which hardware can get the OS to execute code, so it is possible for the BIOS to cause software to be installed. E.g. the easiest one is probably the "Windows Platform Binary Table" in ACPI.