[LAU] OT: Wait, did this just really happen?

[Carlos sanchiavedraz]

Hi Ken,

2012/6/12 Ken Restivo <ken at restivo.org>:
> Over the past few months, I have been deep into learning Clojure, and have been rather busy doing contract projects over the past year, etc, and not paying much attention to latest news.
>
> But then I came across this:
>
> http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/12368.html
>
> Seriously? I remember the brouhaha over "Trusted Computing" about a decade ago-- even once found myself with a secondhand ThinkPad that had some kind of bootloader encryption chip built in (and unused)--, but I thought that whole idea died the death it so richly deserved.
>
> Is it really back? Am I reading this right? All operating systems to run on any PC must be signed by MSFT? Certified machines will refuse to boot any loader that isn't MSFT-approved?
>
> I'm not panicking, because there will probably always be enough CPU's and Mobo's available from China without all this corporate-ware installed. And if phones can be jailbroken then PCs can too.
>
> But, still, WTF? Really?
>
> -ken
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I didn't knew that either... Another move to tie their users more, a
bad move and more problems for all

-- 
Carlos sanchiavedraz
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