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I assume Microsoft will want to have secure booting devices that ship with Windows, because Hollywood and other content producers require a secure OS so their D
by exDM69 14y ago
I assume Microsoft will want to have secure booting devices that ship with Windows, because Hollywood and other content producers require a secure OS so their DRM is safer. If they would allow non-secure boot, it might be difficult or impossible to get video and music content licensed from the major producers on the platform.
- fpgeek 14y agoBecause insecure-booting OSes like Windows 7 (and earlier) and Mac OS X have so much trouble getting licensed video and music content...
- exDM69 14y agoThe situation is a bit different on mobile platforms. Mostly because the field is new and changing, so content producers see an opportunity to require secure boot. DRM/content licensing was cited by Asus as a reason to ship their Android products with locked bootloaders. I assume the same applies to Microsoft.
- keeperofdakeys 14y agoIt should be noted Secure Boot is not a DRM device in itself, it merely allows you to enforce a chain of trust for an OS to boot. The OS still needs to provide DRM functions itself.
- slowpoke 14y agoSecure Boot (on ARM) restricts my ability to run whatever the fuck I want on my device. I do not see how this is not Digital Restrictions Mismanagement.
- keeperofdakeys 14y agoDRM usually refers to mechanisms to digitaly manage rights of content, SecureBoot merely checks that a bootloader is signed by specific keys. Just ensuring people know what's what.
- slowpoke 14y agoMy point is that it's one and the same. You're making distinctions where there are none. Software which I run on my device is content, too. Denying me the right to change or modify that content is the very definition of DRM.
- mtgx 14y agoThe real problem with that is that if Metro is successful on Windows 8, that also means that people will have to use only the Windows 8 store in the future, which also means that you won't be able to install apps from websites anymore, just from Microsoft's store. Then, they can just delete whatever apps they don't like or the apps RIAA and MPAA doesn't like.
- darkarmani 14y agoOr what? Hollywood will boycott the entire world?