UEFI provides a guarantee that some random program can't be loaded before the operating system gets started.
Naer a week passes when we don't hear of new malware breaching Windows defences; which seems to have escaped the attention of those who would spruik this (secure boot) dreadful imposition.
The greatest threat appears to lie in Windows itself, either application or system code. Guarantees that windows loads without interference seems to me to be a hollow victory.
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Re: Microsoft signed? Is that "secure"?
Date: 2012-12-01 03:00 pm (UTC)Naer a week passes when we don't hear of new malware breaching Windows defences; which seems to have escaped the attention of those who would spruik this (secure boot) dreadful imposition.
The greatest threat appears to lie in Windows itself, either application or system code. Guarantees that windows loads without interference seems to me to be a hollow victory.
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