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Oops: Microsoft leaks its Golden Key, unlocking Windows

 
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 11, 2016 3:47 pm    Post subject: Oops: Microsoft leaks its Golden Key, unlocking Windows Reply with quote

Title: Oops: Microsoft leaks its Golden Key, unlocking Windows Secure Boot and exposing the danger of backdoors
URL: http://appleinsider.com/articles/16/08/10/oops-microsoft-leaks-its-golden-key-unlocking-windows-secure-boot-and-exposing-the-danger-of-backdoors
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PostPosted: Tue May 22, 2018 12:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

How dangerous was this for the regular users actually? Sounds pretty reckless from Microsoft to do something like this...
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PostPosted: Tue May 22, 2018 1:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think the impact is that once your computer/device is compromised, you can't be sure that disinfecting it worked. I think it also makes it possible (though not necessarily easy) for somebody to compromise the device if they have physical access to it - that may matter more for regular users under authoritarian or pre-authoritarian regimes.

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