On Fri, March 29, 2013 7:44 am, Paul Davis wrote: > On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 4:40 PM, Patrick Shirkey > <pshirkey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> wrote: > >> >> >> UEFI is a "microsoft" rootkit and backdoor so "they" (as in "They Live") >> can spy on you and take control of your computer any time "they" want. > > > This is at best unproven and at worst willfully false. > > UEFI does not represent a way to do either of these things. If it could do > that, then so could your existing BIOS. > > There is little point in denying that UEFI plays into the interests of > Microsoft and large content providers, but that is very different from you > have claimed here. > Like the backdoor that doesn't exist on every cellphone? Or the use of social networks to fulfil the CIA's promise project agenda. Or that arcfour has not been compromised. Anyone can choose to believe that UEFI does not have a seriously sinister objective if they want. It's supposed to be a free world after all. When they nuke North Korea some people will probably want to believe it was because the North Korean's deserved it. We are free to believe whatever we want to believe. Some people believe in god, some believe in fairies, some believe in aliens. Well, you get the point ;-) -- Patrick Shirkey Boost Hardware Ltd _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
