Scott Williams 🐧 on Nostr: My #Lenovo Thinkpad just got a firmware update to address a CVE in "jerryscript" - a ...
My #Lenovo Thinkpad just got a firmware update to address a CVE in "jerryscript" - a javascript engine that appears to be oriented towards raspberry Pi's and hasn't had a release in nearly 3 years.
I'm afraid to ask, but why is there #Javascript in my laptop's BIOS firmware?
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