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So, literally every vendor? Can you think of a single example of a vendor not running UEFI code from others, not running either Qualcomm's kernels for ARM chips, nor distributing Intel's ME firmaware, nor distributing AMD's TPM firmware?

I don't think there's a single OEM that knows what they're actually running – if there is, SAMSUNG would likely be it, because they have a chance at actually doing everything in-house.



Probably Apple, too - they prefer to implement things in-house wherever possible.


Apple now ships UEFI updates with every version of OS X.


Does Apple use UEFI now? Everything I've read suggests Apple forked at EFI 1.10 and never looked back.


They would have to in order to boot later versions of Windows using UEFI.


Correct. Just because everyone does it, doesn't mean it's OK to do. "If everyone jumped off of a bridge..."


https://xkcd.com/1170/


I wonder what command and control systems that ship with Russian and Chinese military equipment use.


I thought that Chromebooks, at least, run coreboot rather than UEFI, and so should be immune from this.




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