Forced SecureBoot with only MS keys and no way to install user-signed keys and no Linux shim would block non-Windows OSes from booting.
Basically, Pluton functions similar to how mobile devices function in terms of locked bootloaders.
Comment on Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows 11 without an online account
Kolanaki@pawb.social 7 hours agoI’m gonna need an explanation how anything could prevent me from just formatting the drive and doing what I want, barring the use of proprietary hardware.
DFX4509B_2@lemmy.org 6 hours ago
cley_faye@lemmy.world 51 minutes ago
Proprietary hardware, like opaque bioses that can only be updated with signed, proprietary blobs? The bios that’s in charge of picking something to boot from from storage? The bios that can decide which bootloader is allowed through digital signatures? The signatures that are only valid if their public key is registered in the bios? The proprietary, opaque bios that decide which bootloader’s signature is valid through keys it can restrict?
Yeah, it’s all coming together. Always has been. Joking aside, I’m still surprised this whole “fully locked bios” didn’t take off. And I’m glad for it.