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'You have to divulge your private key' meme

'You have to divulge your private key' meme

Posted Jul 3, 2012 16:53 UTC (Tue) by mjg59 (subscriber, #23239)
In reply to: 'You have to divulge your private key' meme by robdinn
Parent article: The FSF's advice to distributors on UEFI secure boot

Could a hardware vendor produce a device that only boots operating systems the hardware vendor approves of? Clearly, yes. Vendors can be evil if they want to be evil.


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Vendors can be evil if they want to be evil.

Posted Jul 3, 2012 19:38 UTC (Tue) by hummassa (subscriber, #307) [Link]

... only if you are evil-er and buy from them.
:-D

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