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Re:Lennart Poettering, Christian Brauner founded a new company by avadodin on Wednesday January 28, 2026 @06:31PM (#46803309)
Firmware upgrades don't need to use the same protocols. Without secure boot any applet can take a security hole escalate and persist until you take a trip to a zone of interest. With secure-boot+attestation, the vendors can choose not to let you download the latest map data, report you to the authorities, etc.

Why do people take DA as "Hail Satan" anyways.

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Re:Lennart Poettering, Christian Brauner founded a new company by hsbauauvhabzb on Thursday January 29, 2026 @03:23AM (#46807273)
If this was about stopping malware, it wouldn’t be targeting Linux endpoints.
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Re:Lennart Poettering, Christian Brauner founded a new company by cwillu on Thursday January 29, 2026 @08:15AM (#46809798)
“With secure-boot+attestation, the vendors can choose not to let you download the latest map data, report you to the authorities”

As far as I'm concerned, you just conceded the argument.

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