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●● Why UEFI is an Attack on Security and on Computing in General

Posted in Deception, Hardware, Security at 8:40 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

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Summary: While UEFI boosters go by the name “Semen” (minutes ago in IRC) the grown-ups with actual computer background caution against UEFI

=> UEFI boosters

THE UEFI fiasco has been covered here for over a decade I spoke to Intel executives about it (they invited me to speak to them when I was in my 20s). Every negative thing I had said about UEFI turned out to be true, including the security flaws, as noted in our daily links [1, 2] and some recent posts. Even the US government now formally cautions about the attack surface of UEFI.

=> UEFI fiasco | 1 | 2

The video above covers the latest twist and provides some necessary background, so it is a tad long. █

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