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[ NNSquad ] Microsoft locking down the PC
Microsoft locking down the PC
http://j.mp/mQrrol (Dreamwidth)
"Microsoft requires that machines conforming to the Windows 8 logo
program and running a client version of Windows 8 ship with secure
boot enabled. The two alternatives here are for Windows to be signed
with a Microsoft key and for the public part of that key to be
included with all systems, or alternatively for each OEM to include
their own key and sign the pre-installed versions of Windows. The
second approach would make it impossible to run boxed copies of
Windows on Windows logo hardware, and also impossible to install new
versions of Windows unless your OEM provided a new signed copy. The
former seems more likely. A system that ships with only OEM and
Microsoft keys will not boot a generic copy of Linux."
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"All your bits are belong to us."
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org
Founder:
- Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org
- Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org
- PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com
Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
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