BrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 1 day agoWindows' original Secure Boot certificates expire in June—here's what you need to doarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up140arrow-down1external-linkWindows' original Secure Boot certificates expire in June—here's what you need to doarstechnica.comBrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square14fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareGoodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·21 hours agoSecure boot is supposed to help against a malicious agent (e.g. the government, Microsoft) compromising your PC’s security by accessing through another OS.
minus-squareWilloughby@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·edit-220 hours agoIt wouldn’t help anyway without encryption. Pull the drive and have a look. Secure boot is supposed to continue your reliance on proprietary software, any security it tacks on is unintentional.
minus-squareFreedomAdvocatelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoWindows computers have been encrypting drives for years.
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 help anyway without encryption. Pull the drive and have a look.
Secure boot is supposed to continue your reliance on proprietary software, any security it tacks on is unintentional.
Windows computers have been encrypting drives for years.