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HP Elite Desk (lemm.ee)
submitted 9 months ago by WeAreAllOne@lemm.ee to c/linux@lemmy.ml

Thinking of buying a second hand Elite Desk small factor to throw Linux on. I'm worried about the HP firmware-bios thingy. Does it call home? Can I disable calling home somehow? Can it have access to my hard drive info ?

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[-] const_void@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago

I’m worried about the HP firmware-bios thingy. Does it call home?

It's for these kinds of reasons we should be demanding open source firmware from major vendors or only buying hardware from vendors that already have open source firmware (System 76, Tuxedo, etc).

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