Le samedi 22 février 2014 à 11:44 +0200, dimonik, dimonik a écrit : > Can boot loader contain some spying SW ?
This is kinda hard to say. I've heard that on x86, it is possible that the BIOS keeps executing code even after it started the system, so perhaps something like that can happen too. The bootloader would then have access to all the hardware and could then use it spy. My personal belief is that this is unlikely and that the bootloader doesn't have any code left running at all once it loaded the system. Since it only runs for a very short period of time and doesn't have any internet access at this point, it is harmless for privacy (even though it is a problem for software freedom). It could however access and change the stored software, or alter the kernel in ram before executing it. That would lead to more serious consequences. -- Paul Kocialkowski, Replicant developer Replicant is a fully free Android distribution Website: http://www.replicant.us/ Wiki/Tracker: http://redmine.replicant.us/
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