{"id":22546,"date":"2026-07-15T17:44:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T00:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudoroom.org\/?p=22546"},"modified":"2026-07-15T17:44:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T00:44:07","slug":"b40-bay-area-coreboot-intel-me-and-firmware-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudoroom.org\/index.php\/2026\/07\/15\/b40-bay-area-coreboot-intel-me-and-firmware-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"B40 Bay Area &#8211; Coreboot, Intel ME, and Firmware Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ever wondered what runs your computer before the GNU\/Linux even starts?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u200bMost people don\u2019t realize that proprietary firmware can control your device in ways you never intended. Join us for a meetup focused on free BIOS and firmware.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u200bThe event will feature a presentation and AMA with&nbsp;<strong>Ronald Minnich<\/strong>, inventor and developer of Coreboot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u200bWe will discuss the security and freedom issues imposed by proprietary firmware blobs like Intel ME, how Coreboot addresses these issues, and how we can build libre systems on non-x86 platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u200bAttendees are welcome to bring their laptops to get help on flashing Coreboot or me_cleaner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/gath.io\/o9y69Xnw7ZoWuPc_Ra3YH?utm_source=luma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/gath.io\/o9y69Xnw7ZoWuPc_Ra3YH<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/gath.io\/group\/5Ni59xhPLeIEAvXKI1qgv?utm_source=luma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/gath.io\/group\/5Ni59xhPLeIEAvXKI1qgv<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u200bOnline Option<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/meet.waag.org\/turtlesturtlesturtles?utm_source=luma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/meet.waag.org\/turtlesturtlesturtles<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Location<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">sudoroom<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">549 48th St, Oakland, CA 94609, USA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The space is a 10 minutes walk from MacArthur BART station. If you are driving to the SudoRoom and parking on the streets nearby, it is strongly recommended not to leave valuables in your car to avoid vehicle break-in. Once you&#8217;ve arrived, enter via the side door on 48th street.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nEver wondered what runs your computer before the GNU\/Linux even starts? \u200bMost&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sudoroom.org\/index.php\/2026\/07\/15\/b40-bay-area-coreboot-intel-me-and-firmware-freedom\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;B40 Bay Area &#8211; Coreboot, Intel ME, and Firmware Freedom&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22548,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[181],"class_list":["post-22546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-unix","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudoroom.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudoroom.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudoroom.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudoroom.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudoroom.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sudoroom.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudoroom.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudoroom.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudoroom.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudoroom.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}