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I mean, maybe paranoia is the wrong word.. it's not something that I'm personally worried about, but stuff like that has actually happened.

• joe_mamba 8mo ago
  >but stuff like that has actually happened Yes, if you live and organize your life around things that are unlikely to happen to you, but only because they've happened ONCE to someone else, typically a high value target by state actors, that's called paranoia. Most people are not gonna be targeted via BIOS hacks. From state actors to online scammers they all have easier ways to getting your data remotely.
  • fsflover 8mo ago
    > Most people are not gonna be targeted via BIOS hacks. This is not really true: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150812/11395231925/lenovo-busted-stealthily-installing-crapware-via-bios-fresh-windows-installs.shtml https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150812/11395231925/lenov...
    • joe_mamba 8mo ago
      That was once in 2014. How often did that happen? What damages did the users incur from that attack? Normal people don't live in constant fear daily over something that happened once and caused no losses.