• the_crotch@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    All they need is the ability to report battery percentage and send an ahci shutdown command to the OS. This is usually handled by an agent running on the machine, otherwise networked ups’s would be useless

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      1 day ago

      Yes, but in theory a malicious driver could do more. How much more I’m not exactly certain of, but I’m not going to outright dismiss the idea. Like I said, I’d like to see someone prove it in a lab.