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.
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