Are there any devices that, by default/by design, allow the user to unlock the bootloader totally offline, no ransom, validation, account, internet or whatever required?
Are there any devices that, by default/by design, allow the user to unlock the bootloader totally offline, no ransom, validation, account, internet or whatever required?
Apparently the fairphone does: https://support.fairphone.com/hc/en-us/articles/10492476238865-Manage-the-Bootloader
That sounds a lot like a form of external validation, so not really independent of third parties, and therefore not really an option for what I asked.
Ah, my apologies, I missed that when I skimmed the page.