> But is it really? On the contrary, I think it's a nice idea that can
> improve the security of systems and avoid boot-sequence exploits.
How many people do you know who have been victim of boot-sequence exploits?
> I'll agree though that it's badly executed and it shouldn't be up to
> Microsoft to maintain the signing key -- on the contrary, it should be
> done by an independent entity that isn't tied to the operating systems
> vendors...
Or to a government or to anything that some people may disagree with.
IOW, it should be under the control of the user.
> That said, more than half the people you'll ask about Secure Boot in
> brick-and-mortal stores or on online stores won't be able to answer
> you on whether it can be disabled.
Of course. That doesn't mean that those some idiots can't be
circumvented to find someone else in that store who might be able to
answer, or at least understand enough of your question to let you do
something such as type to disable it and boot from the USB key you
brought with you.
> Again, probably because they don't care.
And that's why it's important to do it, so as to teach them that some
people do care.
Stefan
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