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eddythompson80 • today at 8:11 AM • 1 reply • view on HN

Personally I only open Firefox on Linux booted from a read only usb. In theory there could be a firmware vulnerability in the CPU that could let it write persistent data to the UEFI firmware, but I hope the possibility is small.


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ShinyLeftPad • today at 10:16 AM

What makes it doubly funny is that the OP is not even about any browser vulnerability, it's a hole in desktop client IPC