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Microsoft patches Windows to eliminate Secure Boot bypass threat (arstechnica.com)
25 points by jron 519 days ago
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ycombinatrix 519 days ago
Microsoft refuses to sign GRUB but apparently they'll happily sign malicious bootkits if you pay them
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bravetraveler 517 days ago
Be assured, however, Microsoft <3 open source. The foundation upon which their empire rests

Eagerly waiting for this circus tent to burn

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freeAgent 518 days ago
It’s Microsoft’s new (not really), super-secure technology called TrustUs! Just TrustUs to do what’s best.
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hollow-moe 519 days ago
or asked nicely enough by diverse government entities
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dTal 518 days ago
> As Smolár dug further, he found that reloader.efi was present not only in Howyar’s SysReturn, but also in recovery software from six other suppliers

They shared it around? Licensed it to each other? They obviously knew what they had.

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