• Brem@lemmy.world
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    It’s baked into a ton of hardware updates these days. Trust me, in 5-10 years it’ll be a big deal if we don’t do something about it…like yesterday.

    Also, OS doesn’t matter if it’s a bios update.

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      That’s…not how device firmware works.

      You’re not going to get adware drivers on a Linux system unless you’re using stuff that’s supremely sketchy and also installing things you shouldn’t be. What you’re thinking of is 3rd party windows drivers.

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        Also, If your motherboard installs something through a bios update, that has nothing to do with your OS. It comes before.

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          Please point out the bios deployed adware you are talking about, or I’ll have to assume you’re just talking from vibes.

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          That not how that shit is done.

          The BIOS just take care of the basics, but Windows do have an API allowing the BIOS to ask for the installation of additional drivers. That process was abused (and continue to be) by multiple hardware vendors to install spywares or adwares.
          Linux doesn’t have that API, and just ignore such requests.

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        Android runs on Linux, wouldn’t you agree that Android is compromised?

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          Android depends on who gave it to you. If you install Linux from a parking lot flash drive it doesn’t mean the Linux project is compromised, it means you got pwned.

          I’d make the same argument about installing pre-compromised pirated windows but…windows kinda just is malware now.

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          … Not really. And also no.

          The Android kernel is a modified version of a Linux kernel, yes.

          “Android is compromised” is a very, very silly statement.

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          There is zero adware in Android (AOSP). Unfortunately manufacturers tend to install Gooogle Play Services, which compromises the whole device.

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          It’s actually scary how wrong you are while being so confident. It’s not even just wrong but also so incredibly dumb. Doesn’t matter if you’re drunk or not, you’re clearly an ignorant fucking idiot.

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          I mean they said “unless you’re using stuff that’s supremely sketchy and also installing things you shouldn’t be”