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Linux and Secure Boot certificate expiration (lwn.net)
submitted 2 weeks ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/linux@programming.dev
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[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Screwed just means you'll have to turn off Secure Boot if you ever want to reinstall Linux. And on many PCs the Secure Boot has been so badly implemented it's pretty worthless anyway. Several of mine have a root key called something like "AMI TEST KEY - DO NOT TRUST" which basically invalidates the whole system and is unfixable by the user.