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To be certified for Windows 8, the device needs to support UEFI secure boot and allow a _physically present user_ to turn it off(typically in order to boot othe
by recoiledsnake 14y ago
To be certified for Windows 8, the device needs to support UEFI secure boot and allow a _physically present user_ to turn it off(typically in order to boot other OSes).
It does reduce security a bit, but enhances user freedom a lot.
- laumars 14y ago> It does reduce security a bit, but enhances user freedom a lot. "enhances" or "reduces" user freedom. There's nothing about secure boot that enhances freedom.
- recoiledsnake 14y agoI was referring to the setting to turn Secure Boot off there, not Secure Boot itself.