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>>kotaKa+(OP)
Every day we stray farther from the premise that we should be allowed to install / modify software on the computers we own.

Will once again re-up the concept of a “right to root access”, to prevent big corps from pulling this bs over and over again: https://medhir.com/blog/right-to-root-access

>>medhir+Lg1
There is no chance that we own our computers unless we figure out how to setup chip manufacturing factories at the 10 million dollar price point.

Without commoditized hardware, big capital will surely be in control of software.

>>abdull+dv1
I can buy a computer, disable secure boot, install linux and then do w/e I want.

Same can be true for phones?

>>ozgrak+fB1
You didn't write the code for the bios, nor could you.

There's always a degree to which the manufacturer has to.

>>tedk-4+rB1
What about Coreboot/Libreboot?

https://www.coreboot.org/

https://libreboot.org/

>>fidelr+9E1
Even with Coreboot on anything vaguely modern, there is a 'Management Engine' or 'Platform Security Processor' you can't practically control. On the better understood Intel versions, this is running a full MINIX 3 operating system and controls the network card in ways the BIOS and operating system root cannot monitor. It runs a significant amount of code; with hardware obfuscation that has not yet been broken.

>>ZiiS+E12
You are right of course, but I consider that a hardware concern, not BIOS.