• ferret@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    So don’t use it? How much or how little actual security secure boot provides is a topic that has been discussed to oblivion. I brought it up to make a point of how badly people are overreacting about the severity of this latest framework news.

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      20 hours ago

      I still have no idea what secure-boot really does and this was me turning the metaphorical secure-boot dial while checking the crowd to see whether they start gasping in horror.

      • WFH@lemmy.zip
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        2 days ago

        I believe it only means “I paid Microsoft to get a certificate”, so it does absolutely nothing for security.