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Yes - for security reasons. Chrome OS has a full verified boot chain, starting from the BIOS, like a smartphone. You cannot tamper with Chrome OS or access use
by lima 7y ago
Yes - for security reasons. Chrome OS has a full verified boot chain, starting from the BIOS, like a smartphone.
You cannot tamper with Chrome OS or access user data without password even with physical access to the device.
None of this works with a 3rd party OS, so you have to disable the secured boot and possible re-flash a different BIOS (similar to unprotecting the bootloader on a phone).
- dontbenebby 7y ago>Chrome OS has a full verified boot chain, starting from the BIOS, like a smartphone. You cannot tamper with Chrome OS or access user data without password even with physical access to the device. [emphasis added] Ooooh interesting, I'd love to read more about this. Does this logic apply to iOS as well? (Can't evil maid an iPhone due to verified BIOS?) What about macOS?
- saagarjha 7y agoiOS has a verified boot chain that you cannot disable, and newer Macs have this too but you can disable it.
- Crinus 7y agoAnd like most "security reasons" they just take away control from the user and give it to whoever implements that security. Security against whom, i wonder. The narrative says, against malicious actors, but way more often than not, it ends up being security against the computer's owner.
- wstrange 7y agoThe procedure to get around the locked bootloader is documented. For the vast majority of users, a secure by default laptop is a win.