Microsoft's Secure Boot has been broken for a decade and no one noticed

10 pointsposted 18 hours ago
by Gaishan
(arstechnica.com)

3 Comments

pseudohadamard

14 hours ago

So your must-have-TPM2.0-or-we-won't-allow-Windows-to-run laptop has had all the security of Windows 95 throughout its life.

"Thank Microsoft, kids! / Thaaaanks, Satya!".

dlcarrier

12 hours ago

TPM and BitLocker have always been security theater, by design. Anything actually secure would be inconvenient, so security theater offers all of the benefits of looking like you're doing something, without the inconvenience of actually doing anything.

See also: the TSA, regulations against holding a cell phone while driving, land acknowledgements, and most health care advice.