On Friday 1. March 2013 22.13, Thomas Backlund wrote: > sure, it can currently be disabled... but as soon as people start > accept this there will soon be a "Secure Boot v2" mandating it > be enabled all the time, and those that want complete freedom will > be screwed as MS gets in a position to control what can boot on your > system...
We don't even have to wait for v2. Their current policy for certifying hardware for windows 8 is that Arm based devices _cannot_ be allowed to disable Secure Boot. So in the future they might expand that requirement to other hardware types. http://www.softwarefreedom.org/blog/2012/jan/12/microsoft-confirms-UEFI-fears-locks-down-ARM/ http://www.pcworld.com/article/248342/windows_8_secure_boot_the_controversy_continues.html > We are promoting freedom and open source, not MS crap. > > So the time to speak up is _now_ and fight this vendor lock-in. Hear hear! -- Johnny A. Solbu PGP key ID: 0xFA687324
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