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Microsoft’s Secure Boot has been broken for a decade and no one noticed until now
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this post was submitted on 15 Jul 2026
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IMO, broken ≠ vulnerable. Broken to me means it doesn't work. There's a difference, to me. 🤷♂️
Secure boot is supposed to be a lock.
Turns out there are 10 year old tricks that bypass that lock.
A lock that cannot deny access to people without proper key... is a bad lock.
There's like dozens of ways to open a lock without the proper key, it's probably not the best comparison...
I think that Victor may not have English as his primary/first language, I am trying to use a simple comparison that is more likely to convey the general, fundamental concepts.