On 2012/06/04 19:05, JD wrote:
On 06/04/2012 06:53 PM, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
Possibly, in the worst case, in a distant future it will be a little bit
difficult to find consumer-grade hardware, like laptops, which have the
necessary bits – either a switch to disable secure boot, or an easy way to
install the right keys – to run Linux. That's the worst possible outcome that
I could see. But, that's not a given, and there's no guarantee that Microsoft
will succeed in locking down the consumer hardware platform.
It goes without saying that everything must be done to thwart this thread of
free and open hardware. But paying someone $99 for a certificate is not how
you go about fighting this thing.
I wonder if China will go along with the MS plans!
Much of our HW is made in China. What's to prevent
China from inserting back door code in the HW? I
mean that would totally make secure boot a laughable
thing.
But, I thought secure meant that the owner could secure access to the
machine any time he wanted. The owner is the manufacturer, isn't it?
{O.o}
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