BrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 5 days agoWindows' original Secure Boot certificates expire in June—here's what you need to doarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up137arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up137arrow-down1external-linkWindows' original Secure Boot certificates expire in June—here's what you need to doarstechnica.comBrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square14linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareGoodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days 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-up3arrow-down1·5 days 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-squareFreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days 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.