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Right to Root Access

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Right to Root Access

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago

right to root access

right to repair laws should include provisions requiring manufacturers to unlock a device's bootloader (to provide root access) upon consumer request.

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The ideal would be a locked boot system that is installed by the user and is fully under their control, but I have yet to encounter one.

https://libreboot.org/docs/linux/grub_hardening.html

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