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[-] zephyr@lemmy.world 25 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Everyone is talking about rm -rf / and damage to storage drives, but I read somewhere about EFI variables having something to do with bricking the computer. If this is possible, then it's a lot more damage than just disk drives.

Edit: this is interesting SE post https://superuser.com/questions/313850

this post was submitted on 30 Dec 2023
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