Submitted 1 day ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to technology@lemmy.zip
PCs without the new certificates could eventually have trouble booting new OSes.
Tl;dr - if you’ve used the computer in the last few years, you’re fine.
If you haven’t, then it on and run Windows update and/or update everything in the windows store by June.
If you do none of that…… doesn’t really matter, your computer will still work as expected.
Move to Linux
Would Linux have the same issue if secure boot is enabled and the certificate expire?
Secure boot is a useful security measure. But users should have the ability to install and update certs. Some hardware (vendors) might not allow this.
Gives the illusion of security without being secure. Get the drive in a separate machine and, unless encrypted, secure boot is security theatre. Windows login password is similarly useless when the drive can be accessed when attached elsewhere.
Get rid of secure boot, install a granny-safe Linux distribution like Mint and get your drive LUKS encrypted.
But how are you gonna play High Guard???
In all that mess and scare last year I just switched secure boot off. It still isn’t clear to me how much of a risk it is, read many different opinions online, but seems not a terribly big risk and I don’t have to worry about this crap.
Secure boot is supposed to help against a malicious agent (e.g. the government, Microsoft) compromising your PC’s security by accessing through another OS.
It wouldn’t anyway without encryption.
Secure boot is supposed to continue your reliance on proprietary software, any security it tacks on is unintentional.
No, my view of th
FarrellPerks@feddit.uk 1 day ago
Step 1 - Choose a Linux distro