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[–] wmassingham@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If it's only on the ESP, it won't persist across reinstalls, and definitely not drive swaps.

But I do see mentions of attacking via firmware capsule. If that works, then yes, that will persist.

[–] Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 11 months ago

ESP is usually not cleared on a reinstall unless somebody takes the extra step to do so. Since each OS has its own directory within the ESP their installers don't push it. I was mostly referring to modification in firmware though.