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by salawat 1487 days ago
This sets a marvelous precedent.

Also, the user is left with a device that is NFG.

Gee, I remember an age where you didn't have all of this signed driver bs that puts you, the end consumer, at the mercy of a supply chain, and at least left you with the option of writing your own.

Those were the days...

But no...

Computing must be gatekept through the supply chain for the benefit of cloud providers, malicious IC/HW fabs, and software companies!

I'd take having to scan and recompute hashes on my drivers on a regular basis for this stupid driver signature enforcement and trusted computing BS to either get ripped out wholesale, or be changed to be opt-in instead of "there really is no opt-out for non-developers.

After all, as long as it's the default, there is no incentive to making turning it on or off an easier process. Again though. That's industry's goal. Let us lock down your computing experience! It's too dangerous to have an Unwashed User with an unvetted computing environment!