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Windows S failed hard so they have a new strategy. Every new CPU ships with M$'s Pluton root of trust. For 'security' everything will have to be signed. They consider the user to be the threat actor. Eventually they will charge a percsnt fee for using their signing service.



Have you met my mother in law? She really is.


This sounds like the UEFI Secure Boot FUD from > 10 years ago. That also didn't turn out like they predicted.


The desire for control never went away.


The moment they roll it as mandatory - people would stop updating.




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