Reply to post: @thames Re: When is a BIOS not a BIOS?

CAUGHT: Lenovo crams unremovable crapware into Windows laptops – by hiding it in the BIOS

frank ly

@thames Re: When is a BIOS not a BIOS?

"It is open source, it's GPL so vendors can't add some proprietary "extra sauce" without releasing the source ..."

In an ideal world, that is true. We live in a less than ideal one though. Nowadays I'd only feel 'safe' if I could strip and analyse it myself or rely on a trusted review by an independent organisation.

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