misk@piefed.social to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 months agoCall of Duty and Battlefield 6 will both require Secure Boot on Windowswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1116arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1114arrow-down1external-linkCall of Duty and Battlefield 6 will both require Secure Boot on Windowswww.theverge.commisk@piefed.social to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square58fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squarekeimevo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoYou mean this certificate? The one which will expire next year and leave many old machines with Secure Boot enabled, unbootable?
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoUnbootable w/o changes, yes, assuming hardware vendors actually respect the expiration date. But that’s completely separate from my point. Regardless of the solution they pick for that particular problem, users can still add their own keys to Secure Boot and do whatever they want.
You mean this certificate? The one which will expire next year and leave many old machines with Secure Boot enabled, unbootable?
Unbootable w/o changes, yes, assuming hardware vendors actually respect the expiration date.
But that’s completely separate from my point. Regardless of the solution they pick for that particular problem, users can still add their own keys to Secure Boot and do whatever they want.