[Discuss] Updating firmware
Kent Borg
kentborg at borg.org
Sat Jan 31 18:53:23 EST 2026
On 1/31/26 3:44 PM, Kent Borg wrote:
> Longer Answer, Option Three: Make a study of the whole issue. Research
> what known compromises there are of that model, dissect that hardware
> and software looking for ways it could have been compromised, that
> maybe no one else has discovered. Make it a major project. But, if you
> also want a computer to use, you still need another because this one
> will be in pieces.
Longer Answer, Option Four: Do a thorough search and see whether there
are known compromises of that firmware. See whether there are reported
fixes for them. But I don't think you will find anything, I don't think
it is common for consumer laptops to have malicious firmware attacks
made public.
-kb
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