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Windows 10 May Make the Secure Boot Lock Out a Reality for Alternate OSs

posted by martyb on Saturday May 30 2015, @01:52AM   Printer-friendly
from the Embrace-Extend-Extinguish dept.

ticho writes with an Ars Technica report:

At its WinHEC hardware conference in Shenzhen, China, Microsoft talked about the hardware requirements for Windows 10. The precise final specs are not available yet, so all this is somewhat subject to change, but right now, Microsoft says that the switch to allow Secure Boot to be turned off is now optional. Hardware can be Designed for Windows 10 and can offer no way to opt out of the Secure Boot lock down.

The presentation is silent on whether OEMs can or should provide support for adding custom certificates.

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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday May 30 2015, @02:01PM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Saturday May 30 2015, @02:01PM (#190104) Journal

    You know that you're paranoid, right/

    Of course, the fact that you are paranoid doesn't mean that they aren't out to get you!

    Let's say that I can't agree or disagree with you, but that idea is definitely food for thought. An agency that presumes to capture, catalog, and archive all the metadada on all communications in the nation may very well have instituted this scheme.

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