c/technology · by BrikoX@lemmy.zip · 222dWindows' original Secure Boot certificates expire in June—here's what you need to do https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/02/microsoft-sounds-the-alarm-about-secure-boot-certificates-expiring-later-this-year/ PCs without the new certificates could eventually have trouble booting new OSes. 35 points · 7 comments · view on lemmy.world
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FarrellPerks@feddit.uk · 20 pts · 222d
Step 1 - Choose a Linux distro
donald_von_shitsnpants@kopitalk.net · 7 pts · 222d
Move to Linux
FatVegan@leminal.space · 1 pts · 222d
But how are you gonna play High Guard???
bonenode@piefed.social · 3 pts · 222d
Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 222d
Secure boot is supposed to help against a malicious agent (e.g. the government, Microsoft) compromising your PC's security by accessing through another OS.
Willoughby@piefed.world · 5 pts · 222d
It wouldn't help anyway without encryption. Pull the drive and have a look.
Secure boot is supposed to continue your reliance on proprietary software, any security it tacks on is unintentional.
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au · 1 pts · 221d
Windows computers have been encrypting drives for years.
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au · 1 pts · 221d
Tl;dr - if you’ve used the computer in the last few years, you’re fine.
If you haven’t, then it on and run Windows update and/or update everything in the windows store by June.
If you do none of that….. doesn’t really matter, your computer will still work as expected.