Petition Stop Manufacturers using "BIOS Whitelists" in Laptop and other Computer devices.

Most laptop computers use standard and interchangeable components. For example mini-PCIe wireless cards. This in theory allows owners to upgrade their devices.
However, manufacturers often add software with the sole purpose of preventing such upgrades or forcing them to buy proprietary hardware.

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Lenovo, HP and Dell are known to use this on most if not all models of laptop they currently sell with the claim it is required for FCC certification. Other manufacturers such as Acer and Asus do not which means the claim it is for FCC certification is not true as those manufacturers obtain FCC certification.

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

21 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 21 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

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Date closed 3 February 2016
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