Exactly, we all need to be together on this. This is fucking crazy.
LIBREBOOT! LIBREBOOT! LIBREBOOT!
Not only that, a cop will probably pull you over for driving too normal.
The constant victim mentality there is unreal.
Merica' fuck yeah!
I appreciate the advice. My boss told me today not to ask again about upgrading the desktop and was visibly angry. I'm planning to email him saying I have a preconfigured Windows 10 replacement ready, but I haven't touched the current setup as per his instructions. If the current computer breaks, we can swap it quickly. Is this a good approach?
Should I start searching now or wait until I get my Network+? I have my A+ right now, but I'm probably not going to get my Network+ until 3 months later. I have 3 months on the job here so far, I'm 20 years old and get paid $55k/year.
Thanks for your advice. Just to clarify, this is about replacing a desktop, not a laptop. My boss got really angry and explicitly told me not to ask again, but I feel I need to get this in writing for my own protection. This job pays well for my age, and I am worried about getting fired, but I also know this is a matter of when, not if, a security issue will occur.
I'm planning on bringing up a 9020 Optiplex with Coreboot and TianoCore installed. I have already installed Coreboot on some of the other systems and made sure the chip is locked down. I have a fresh Windows 10 installed on it using our volume license USB. The 9020 is pretty standard at our location. It's $50, but I'll just do it for my job's sake. This employee has been asking for a new computer for ~~2~~ 8 months, and he really needs it.
No, not just open, free it entirely. License the code under a GPL license.
I just fixed it, thank you for the heads up!
You can encrypt your /boot partition with Argon2, which allows you to have a fully encrypted disk. You can check the integrity of your kernel at boot via Libreboot GRUB using GPG. Not as much spyware as you get with modern day computers. I know there is still proprietary ECs, microcode, etc. but we should all be trying to minimize proprietary software as much as possible.
Or a raccoon with a machine gun