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Just about every Windows and Linux device vulnerable to new LogoFAIL firmware attack::UEFIs booting Windows and Linux devices can be hacked by malicious logo images.

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[–] 0x0@programming.dev 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Another instance of Let's replace something that's been working for ages with something worse but shiny.

[–] cbarrick@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

What are you going on about?

Do you mean BIOS versus UEFI? That ship sailed over a decade ago. And I don't think anyone actually believes that plain BIOS is superior in any way to UEFI.

[–] 0x0@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago

Plain BIOS got the job done.

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago

That ship sailed over a decade ago.

And yet we're still having this kind of bullshit.