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Could this be disabled by the user? Presumably doing so would mean you cannot boot Windows, but if thats a trade off Microsoft is forcing me to make, I'll accep
by bodge5000 4y ago
Could this be disabled by the user? Presumably doing so would mean you cannot boot Windows, but if thats a trade off Microsoft is forcing me to make, I'll accept it.
If you can't, it goes without saying that that is unacceptable
- jhanschoo 4y agoYes, you can disable secure boot.
- cesarb 4y ago> you can disable secure boot. That's not always the case: https://www.softwarefreedom.org/blog/2012/jan/12/microsoft-confirms-UEFI-fears-locks-down-ARM/ https://www.softwarefreedom.org/blog/2012/jan/12/microsoft-c... "Disabling Secure [Boot] MUST NOT be possible on ARM systems."
- zaptheimpaler 4y agoYou can disable it for now. But there is no guarantee that you will always be able to. Personally I think its very likely MS will eventually push to strongarm OEMs into locking secure boot to be enabled. All it will take is another round of "security improvements" and the public eats it up. The market would then fragment into laptops that can only run Windows and maybe more expensive laptops that allow you to disable secure boot. If the number of people who actually care enough to vote with spending a few extra hundred $ remains as low as it always has, over a decade it will drive open laptops to become wildly overpriced and eventually cease to exist.
- tpxl 4y ago> more expensive laptops that allow you to disable secure boot This makes me sad. Old low-powered laptops with a light-weight distro are a joy to see and give out to family members to browse the web.
- freemint 4y ago> Personally I think its very likely MS will eventually push to strongarm OEMs into locking secure boot to be enabled. Not as long as the EU remains functioning.