Looks like the last time you touched a computer was back in 1990 as well.
You can definitely gain remote access using Intel's vPro software via the BIOS. This is specifically for for OOB (out-of-band) servicing so a computer doesn't even need to be powered for a remote actor to make changes or exploit the system. Some of the built-in features (accessible via the BIOS) include replacing an OS image of the computer... All done remotely.
I'm talking about being able to remote into the Windows OS, with privilege, and being able to alter election data. vPro, cannot do this.
At best, they could replace the image with something custom, but at that point you're working on a new system, not the existing one, which again, wouldn't help with changing election data.
At best, they could replace the existing system with their own, prior to the election, but I suspect this wouldn't work.
That's not to say that Dominion or others didn't change election data. I'm just saying this particular article reveals nothing useful.
being able to remote into the Windows OS, with >privilege, and being able to alter election data. [...] >At best, they could replace the image with >something custom.
You answered your own question. A custom image would precisely let you do that. The database doesn't magically disappear if you reinstall remotely.
Think of remote access as the same as physical access.
I don't know what their filesystem looks like, but from what I understand, it's a Windows install. There'd really be no need to partition, and no need for extra disks, so barring those possibilities, replacing the image would replace the local data/database.
Look, the dude provided photos of what looks like the BIOS section of the instruction booklet for a motherboard, and the instructions given to election workers/IT staff. It reveals nothing new, or useful, or unexpected. That's my only point. That this "news" isn't news.
The long and short of this is you have elementary level knowledge on this and you couldn't even begin to understand how easy it would be to compromise and gain access to critical information with just the little they showed here.
The real question is who will be able to demonstrate in laymans how to this is a smoking gun, enough to be effective to the general population.
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