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Microsoft’s Secure Boot has been broken for a decade and no one noticed until now (www.welivesecurity.com)
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cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1263218/microsofts-secure-boot-has-been-broken-for-a-decade-and-no-one-noticed-until-now

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[–] 21 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Outside of tech circles most people think secure boot looks something like this

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    You think that's a safety boot you've got there? It's anything but! It is clearly the bottommost part of a certain powered hazmat suit - why, it's a Hazard Boot! You'll need to ask one of the egg heads whether Secure Boot is a part of its boot sequence, though.

    Poor Gordon Freeman, running around out there somewhere, with just one Hazard Boot. I guess you'll find that his other leg is running with Insecure Foot, then.

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