Re:Google to require developer verification to install and s...
by avhception on Tuesday August 26, 2025 @07:34AM
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This is where it's heading, and I see this as the real driving force behind secure boot on x86_64.
Re:Google to require developer verification to install and s...
by Cthulhu_ on Tuesday August 26, 2025 @09:45AM
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It depends on what your software does; if it removes hardware protections then your warranty should be voided. Of course, those protections are either hardware or impossible to remove, like emergency cooling / lowering voltage when stuff overheats.
Please don't push the Overton Window any further. Installing my own software on my own PC should never void the hardware vendor's warranty. That delegitimizes the core concept of a PC.
(A horrific possible dystopia just flashed through my mind: "I'd love to throw out Chrome and install Firefox so that I could block ads, but, the laptop is expensive, and I can't afford voiding the warranty". I bet Google would *love* that world. Or, a UK version: "I'd love to use a VPN, but, regulation banned them from the approved software markets, and anything else would permanently set the WARRANTY_VIOLATED flag in the TPM").