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People seem to feel okay with it given they use Linux and thus everything is nominally open source.
by bingohbangoh 5y ago
People seem to feel okay with it given they use Linux and thus everything is nominally open source.
- fsflover 5y agoThe problem is that Superfish is BIOS malware. If Lenovo is willing to infect its BIOS for profit, I'm not sure that running Linux is safe on their hardware.
- fulafel 5y agoHaving proof from that incident that hw isn't necessarily safe, + the risk of a repeat offence affecting Linux, is probably a net positive for Linux security.
- fsflover 5y agoThis is not really hardware. On some laptops you can (almost) replace BIOS with FLOSS coreboot. The incident proves the importance of FLOSS and user control.