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Call of Duty and Battlefield 6 will both require Secure Boot on Windows (www.theverge.com)
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[–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

I'm not sure about Windows specifically

That’s quite an important omission because we’re talking about Windows. Windows won’t run kernel or driver that’s not using expected certificates, what would be the point otherwise?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Again, I don't know the specifics about Windows, so I can't say exactly what a cheater could or could not do. I do know that kernel chaining does work w/ Windows, otherwise the GRUB bootloader would be DOA.

    Whatever Windows does is a completely separate thing from Secure Boot, since Secure Boot only impacts early boot (i.e. the handoff from UEFI to the kernel). So getting into what Windows does and does not allow isn't particularly relevant to the discussion about Secure Boot.

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