3 ms·
"Secure boot" is not actually meant to improve security. It exists as a moat to make it harder to install Linux on your (Microsoft) PC.
by otabdeveloper4 2y ago
"Secure boot" is not actually meant to improve security.
It exists as a moat to make it harder to install Linux on your (Microsoft) PC.
- exe34 2y agodoes it also help keep drm keys safe? that's how it works on Android, they even delete the 4k keys if you root your phone.
- telgareith 2y agoWhat!? Last I checked even with ring0 the system didn't have access to the WideVine keys. Talk about yet another reason to just pirate everything
- exe34 2y agoor buy them, but obtain a pirated version to recover what's yours when they lock you out.
- 1oooqooq 2y agoand identity. most of the world now replaced your credit card and government id with apps that rely on the OS assurences to prove you're yourself with vendor keys, mandatory selfies and such.
- deleted 2y ago[deleted]
- deleted 2y ago[deleted]