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fsflover
655 days ago
> Secure boot makes sense if you're a Microsoft-only company
Yes, the author is actually working at MS:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lennart_Poettering
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worewood
655 days ago
Makes sense. Big Tech are the only ones pushing for Secure Boot because it gives them control over our machines. With that they will be able to garden-wall our PCs the same way they do with our phones.
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fsflover
655 days ago
Fortunately, my phone (Librem 5) doesn't obey the Big Tech. Neither does my Laptop.
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skrause
655 days ago
And the author worked at Redhat when he wrote the article in 2021.
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fsflover
655 days ago
Yes, but there were suspicions that he was involved with MS at that time, I heard.
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