← Back to context Comment by charcircuit 4 months ago Laptops already ship secure boot. 13 comments charcircuit Reply trelane 4 months ago Not all. The ones that ship Linux preinstalled and with support don't. charcircuit 4 months ago I hope you are mistaken. It's embarrassing how far behind in security the desktop Linux ecosystem is. jcgl 4 months ago Agreed in general. But regarding secure boot, it's not like shim actually helps with real security either afaiu, right? 5 replies → egorfine 4 months ago I believe you are confusing security with freedom and "behind" with "advanced". trelane 4 months ago They have a TPM that you can enable and add your own keys if you want to. 1 reply → noisy_boy 4 months ago I can turn that crap off. For now. charcircuit 4 months ago Do you really think Laptop makers would buy a whole company to figure out how to remove that option?
trelane 4 months ago Not all. The ones that ship Linux preinstalled and with support don't. charcircuit 4 months ago I hope you are mistaken. It's embarrassing how far behind in security the desktop Linux ecosystem is. jcgl 4 months ago Agreed in general. But regarding secure boot, it's not like shim actually helps with real security either afaiu, right? 5 replies → egorfine 4 months ago I believe you are confusing security with freedom and "behind" with "advanced". trelane 4 months ago They have a TPM that you can enable and add your own keys if you want to. 1 reply →
charcircuit 4 months ago I hope you are mistaken. It's embarrassing how far behind in security the desktop Linux ecosystem is. jcgl 4 months ago Agreed in general. But regarding secure boot, it's not like shim actually helps with real security either afaiu, right? 5 replies → egorfine 4 months ago I believe you are confusing security with freedom and "behind" with "advanced". trelane 4 months ago They have a TPM that you can enable and add your own keys if you want to. 1 reply →
jcgl 4 months ago Agreed in general. But regarding secure boot, it's not like shim actually helps with real security either afaiu, right? 5 replies →
egorfine 4 months ago I believe you are confusing security with freedom and "behind" with "advanced".
trelane 4 months ago They have a TPM that you can enable and add your own keys if you want to. 1 reply →
noisy_boy 4 months ago I can turn that crap off. For now. charcircuit 4 months ago Do you really think Laptop makers would buy a whole company to figure out how to remove that option?
charcircuit 4 months ago Do you really think Laptop makers would buy a whole company to figure out how to remove that option?
Not all. The ones that ship Linux preinstalled and with support don't.
I hope you are mistaken. It's embarrassing how far behind in security the desktop Linux ecosystem is.
Agreed in general. But regarding secure boot, it's not like shim actually helps with real security either afaiu, right?
5 replies →
I believe you are confusing security with freedom and "behind" with "advanced".
They have a TPM that you can enable and add your own keys if you want to.
1 reply →
I can turn that crap off. For now.
Do you really think Laptop makers would buy a whole company to figure out how to remove that option?