Reply to post: Re: The real solution

Detailed: How Russian government's Fancy Bear UEFI rootkit sneaks onto Windows PCs

Updraft102

Re: The real solution

they want the ability to engage in system updates (including BIOS) without requiring someone to be physically at the machine in question.

So these machines can have the write-enable jumper installed all the time, if they prize convenience over security. No sense in having the rest of us have to have that insecure option chosen for us because some outfits want it that way!

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