Comment on Is this the end of Bootloader Unlocking in the EU?

DFX4509B_2@lemmy.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Secure boot force enabled with preset certificates would essentially do that.

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  • DFX4509B_2@lemmy.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Except that would require a rewrite of the PC spec which I’m not sure would work out too well given the existence of loose mainboards for custom builds which ship with no OS by default and expect you to supply the OS yourself, ditto for niche manufacturers like Framework who also offer the option of letting you supply your own OS.

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  • Tiger_Man_@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Some systems can bypass secure boot

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    • festus@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Only if the motherboard vendor allows you to. Imagine buying a Dell or Asus laptop and being forced to only run Windows.

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      • Tiger_Man_@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        So on most motherboards secure boot is just fake secure boot to satisfy windows?

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• xia@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I seem to recall owning a microsoft tablet that could not have secure boot disabled. Why do you suppose it would be hard when (much like phones) there are already products (like chromebooks) that have done this?

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  • DFX4509B_2@lemmy.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Forcing SecureBoot platform-wide would kill the loose PC parts market.

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    • DFX4509B_2@lemmy.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Loose mainboards don’t ship with an OS by default and typically ship with SecureBoot disabled by default as well, it would be pretty hard to force an OS on something that has no OS installed by default unless it’s forced in ROM.

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