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A comment on FSF recommendations for free OS distributions considering Secure Boot. Parent comment

Re:FSF recommendations for free OS distributions considering... by cooldeal on Monday July 02, 2012 @03:17PM (#4190439)
Not only that, but after calling secure boot basically useless for security, they turn around and want to secure their PCs against malware known as Windows using secure boot!
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Re:FSF recommendations for free OS distributions considering... by Flimm on Monday July 02, 2012 @04:07PM (#4190697)
They didn't call it useless, they said it could be useful, if done correctly. From their point of view, if it were done correctly, the user ought to be able to block Windows. But since that will be difficult, it undermines the security advantages of Secure Boot. Their position is quite consistent.
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