Re: Dual boot failure after Windows update?

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Tim via users wrote:

>> Microsoft's August security update included a patch to prevent
>> vulnerable GRUB2 (susceptible to bypassing UEFI secure boot)
>> installations from booting. 

>Hmm, would they prevent their own system from booting if it had (yet
>another) security flaw?
>
>Perhaps they should.

There are various kinds of security. Consider that cars these days are
basically phones on wheels. Software is updated over the air without
the user even being aware. How would you like to own a car with a
security flaw that prevented it from starting when you were trying to
evacuate from a wildfire?
-- 
Dave Close, Compata, Irvine CA      "Life would be tragic
dave@xxxxxxxxxxx, +1 714 434 7359    if it weren't funny."
dhclose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx                    -- Stephen Hawking


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