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immibis
on June 6, 2024
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HP bricks customers laptops with faulty automatic ...
The real real Copy of final_2024_last solution is, of course, to make the BIOS chip twice as big as it needs to be, and flash the other half, then atomically change which is selected.
crest
on June 7, 2024
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The few cents for larger flash or the one-time cost to write less bloated firmware would cut into their budget for gambling, drugs and hookers.
fifteen1506
on June 6, 2024
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I believe that's called shadowbios or similar. I think a few laptops have it.
Perz1val
on June 6, 2024
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I'm sure this has a name, Android uses A/B partitions for system updates, everything crucial should...
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