On 27/03/2014 21:50, Jonathan Schleifer wrote: > Am 27.03.2014 um 15:44 schrieb François Revol <revol@xxxxxxx>: > >> I didn't follow the discussion, but as for me, apart from the SecureBoot >> crap which as I said is more an instrument of control from Microsoft >> (actually if you really want to trust the firmware, it must also be free >> software like Coreboot, not a blackbox), I'm interested in making NSA's >> job harder just because their job is in most cases illegal (and with the >> complicity of my own government it seems), and I believe we have the >> right to privacy and we must defend it. > > But even Microsoft recognized that what they planned as evil and thus now even > made it a requirement for the Windows 8 logo that SecureBoot can > a.) accept certificates from the user and b.) be completely deactivated. That's news to me, last I heard SecureBoot was mandatory on ARM... François.