Re: I was wondering when they would pull this out their pockets
Actually, some form of secure boot is also used by Apple devices, consoles, and so on. It's all up to ensure the whole stack is trusted. Of course it can also be used to deny installing other OSes, if those controlling the keys don't "trust" them. But whenever you can boot untrusted code you have a big issue lurking around.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
