[Discuss] Fighting UEFI

[abreauj at gmail.com (John Abreau)]

On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 3:33 AM, Tom Metro <tmetro+blu at gmail.com> wrote:

> But I'm not sure what the remedy is for that, as the concept for Secure
> Boot seems sound, and it doesn't seem right that some outside force (an
> FTC lawsuit, for example) should compel Microsoft to include in its
> "Windows Hardware Certification Requirements" that hardware vendors
> *must* include the ability to turn off Secure Boot.


Let's apply this logic to other areas of commerce:

[I]t doesn't seem right that some outside force (a government food safety
inspector, for example) should compel a restaurant to include in its
"Food Preparation Requirements" that ingredients are handled in a manner
that ensures they won't serve food-borne pathogens to their customers.




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