So the OS can modify the keys?

Date: 2011-10-20 05:15 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
But if the OS can add/update/delete the UEFI's list of trusted keys, doesn't this mean that malware could potentially do it too? Thus defeating the point of the "secure boot"?
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