Once Again, Just in Time for Christmas, UEFI and Its Boot System Turn Out to be a Giant Bug Door (Also a Microsoft Remote Kill Switch)
Not only is the "modern" UEFI (not BIOS) a de facto kill switch. It's actually a lot worse than this and it was promoted inside Linux by people who also boost back doors disguised as 'encryption' [1, 2].
4 years ago Andy said "We Can't Teach Cybersecurity" in universities and in more recent writings of his - including his latest - he keeps explaining how the university where he lectured (and quit in protest) goes against good security practices.
This industry - even academia - has been deeply compromised by people who 1) don't know security; 2) don't care about security; 3) pretend to be "security people".
There is a "War on Privacy" and a war against people who advocate privacy through real security. █