Ubuntu on UEFI and Win 8

[JD]

On 01/08/2013 04:40 AM, Tom H wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 4:06 PM, JD <jd1008 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> My suspicion about secure boot, is that it a first foot in the door.
>> Can you see that it may become a fixed feature that cannot be disabled?
>> I certainly see that it is a very strong possibility.
>>
>> With Windows owning 98% of the world desktop market,
>> I can see that dual booting may at least become a tough
>> if not impossible thing to do.
>>
>> So, hold on to you old non-secure-uefi hardware.
>> You may very well need it in the future :)
> I can see disabling it being made impossible in the future. Hopefully,
> after that's done, we'll still be able to add/remove keys unlike on
> ARM.
>
> If web browsers have or gain the ability to show that secure boot's
> enabled, I can also see banks, for example, requiring secure boot in
> the future for logging to an account (with MS marketing and PR
> help!)...
>
Yes, that is indeed a strong possibility in the face of the hype
of fear mongering that will require us to walk in public stark
naked so that that Gestapo can see that we are unarmed.
It's not only the banks that will require that your OS be a
secure-boot 'able OS in order to let you do online transaction.
Airlines!!!! might also require the same. Schools, ....etc....etc.