Red Hat Will Pay Microsoft To Get Past UEFI Restrictions

[jdow]

On 2012/06/04 19:05, JD wrote:
> On 06/04/2012 06:53 PM, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
>>
>> Possibly, in the worst case, in a distant future it will be a little bit
>> difficult to find consumer-grade hardware, like laptops, which have the
>> necessary bits – either a switch to disable secure boot, or an easy way to
>> install the right keys – to run Linux. That's the worst possible outcome that
>> I could see. But, that's not a given, and there's no guarantee that Microsoft
>> will succeed in locking down the consumer hardware platform.
>>
>> It goes without saying that everything must be done to thwart this thread of
>> free and open hardware. But paying someone $99 for a certificate is not how
>> you go about fighting this thing.
>>
>>
>>
>>
> I wonder if China will go along with the MS plans!
> Much of our HW is made in China. What's to prevent
> China from inserting back door code in the HW? I
> mean that would totally make secure boot a laughable
> thing.
>

But, I thought secure meant that the owner could secure access to the
machine any time he wanted. The owner is the manufacturer, isn't it?

{O.o}