> the increasing acceptance of authoritarianism That's right, and with the remote attestation capabilities of Secure Boot implementations, governments will fin

> the increasing acceptance of authoritarianism That's right, and with the remote attestation capabilities of Secure Boot implementations, governments will finally be able to demand that every device sold has to be running an up-to-date version of an "approved" OS in order for ISPs to allow the device to access the internet. The only limit is how incrementally they can introduce these rules so that the frog doesn't jump out of the boiling water. For example, the rules wouldn't initially apply to businesses, and maybe hobbyists would be allowed to use a special ISP that provides a custom CA certificate to do TLS interception. I predict that within 5 years, a G7/EU/FVEY country will have passed a law that at least starts this process of making it illegal to run programs (or have VPN connections) that are blacklisted by the government. A major cyberattack (especially a false flag) will only speed up that timeline.