Are the demands that users become experts in provider their own security against more advanced actors not significantly worse? The control part is unfortunate but the defaults should make it so users can focus on sharing pictures of cats without fear or need for advanced cyber security knowledge.
But...it doesn't restrict user freedom. If the user wishes to do so, they can disable SB.
And will then be locked out from an increasing amount of Applications, Media, and eventually even Websites.
I run Linux with Secure Boot and I don't feel locked out of any media, applications, or websites.
My mom uses Secure Boot with Windows and doesn't know or care that it's enabled at all.
They shouldn't _have_ to do anything. The point is that no demands should be placed upon users.
Same problem with age gating. It's fine, as long as zero additional demands are placed upon users.
Are the demands that users become experts in provider their own security against more advanced actors not significantly worse? The control part is unfortunate but the defaults should make it so users can focus on sharing pictures of cats without fear or need for advanced cyber security knowledge.
Freedom from the consequences of malware is more valuable than the low cost of turning SecureBoot off if you don’t want it.
We shouldn’t need the hassle of locks on our home and car doors, but we understand they are probably worthwhile for most people.
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Users who care enough to do so can enrol their own keys using the extremely well documented process to do that.
Users who don’t care about the runtime integrity of their machine can just turn it off.
Both options are so easy that you could’ve learned how to do them on your machine in the time that you spent posting misinformation in this thread.
So like banks requiring you to have a PIN on your ATM card, even if you don’t want one… that’s bad? Seatbelt laws are bad?