UEFI
From Techrights
Secure Boot, UEFI 'security', or "Restricted Boot" as the FSF calls it (for the goal is not really security but control and domination by a remote/distant vendor), is a great threat to computing freedom. It was covered in the following posts over the years.
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2022
- No Protection for Linux Offered by the So-called 'Linux' Foundation
- Meme: Only Fools and Horses Work for Microsoft Without a Salary
- Software Freedom is Not a Disaster and Those Who Oppose B.Y.O.D. Are a Monarch's Dream
- One Can Speculate Why Windows-Friendly OEMs Start Enforcing Windows-Only Boot on Laptops (Microsoft Blocking BSD and GNU/Linux With UEFI)
- UEFI Firmware Vulnerable to Malware Implants; Worse Than “Legacy BIOS” Ever Was
- Microsoft is Trying to Hire (Read: Pay Salaries to) Matthew Garrett
- GNOME (IBM/Red Hat Staff) Promoting Microsoft's 'Security' Scam With the 'Secure' Boot Sham
- Microsoft Windows in Chinese Desktops/Laptops Down to 80% (Hence Microsoft Started Blocking GNU/Linux From Even Booting, as China's Lenovo Demonstrates)
- Windows Has Had a Very Tough Year (That's Why Microsoft Starts to Block GNU/Linux With 'Secure' Boot)
- Antitrust Action Against Microsoft is Well Overdue
- Microsoft's Crimes Against the Competition, Notably BSD and GNU/Linux, Persist Albeit Disguised as 'Security' (UEFI 'Secure' Boot, TPM, Pluton...)
- Legacy of UEFI 'Secure' Boot: BSD and GNU/Linux Users Now Have to 'Jailbreak' Their PCs (Desktops/Laptops, Just like Apple iPhones)
- The Three Microsoft Stooges
- Pluton Proponents Working for Plutocracy (and Pentagon Agenda)
2021
- “Wintel” “Secure” uEFI Firmware Used to Store Persistent Malware, and Security Theater Boot is Worthless
- Matthew Garrett’s Twitter Log Shows Exactly Why We Need to Give Security Theater the Boot
- Lenovo Ships ThinkBook 15 Gen2 ITL Series Full of UEFI BIOS ACPI Bugs, Releases Half a Dozen BIOS Updates, and Doesn’t Fix the Bugs
- Microsoft Secure Boot and Intel VMD Pointless on GNU/Linux and Lenovo’s Documentation Recommends That You Turn Them Off
- Stallman Was Right About ‘Secure’ Boot (Matthew Garrett’s Work Now Used to Prevent Users Adopting New Ubuntu Releases/Derivatives)
2020
- Karma or Hubris? Is #TorvaldsWasRight a Thing Now?
- UEFI 'Secure Boot' is Just a Security Mess, as Techrights Predicted All Along, and FSF Should Not Have Given That Award
2016
2015
- Governments-Connected ‘Hacking Team’ Targets UEFI, Reveal Leaks
- Yet Another Major Security Deficiency in UEFI
- Another Reason to Boycott UEFI: Back Doors or Crackers
- Microsoft Hates Linux – Part I – The UEFI Attack on GNU/Linux
- Intel Continues to Attack Software Freedom Through UEFI
- Another Reason to Boycott UEFI and Proprietary Software From Microsoft: Insecurity
2014
November
September
June
May
April
- Aiding Microsoft Under the Disguise of 'Pro-FOSS'
- Replicating the Destruction of Dual Boot (GNU/Linux) by Microsoft-Friendly UEFI Implementations
- UEFI is Bricking Computers When One Removes Spyware With Back Doors (Microsoft Windows)
March
- Microsoft’s Sabotage With UEFI ‘Secure’ Boot Continues, Time for Major Legal Actions From GNU/Linux Users and Vendors
- My Disagreement With the FSF Over UEFI ‘Secure Boot’
- Man With Plenty of UEFI Experience Struggles to Disable Restricted Boot to Install and Run GNU/Linux
February
- Many Are Moving to GNU/Linux, So Microsoft is Trying to Make it Technically Hard
- UEFI Booster Intel Could Not Even Bother Making GNU/Linux Bootable on NUC
- Installing GNU/Linux is Still Hard Due to UEFI
January
- Journalists Report Issues With UEFI, Cannot Install GNU/Linux
- When Microsoft Deletes Windows and GNU/Linux
- As GNU and Linux Become Dominant Platforms They Need Not Follow Microsoft With UEFI
2013
December
- Urge Hardware Companies to Stop Using UEFI (or Boycott Them), Don't Work on UEFI
- Microsoft Booster at the Microsoft-Leaning Ars Technica: UEFI Restricted Boot is Good
- NSA Confirms Remote Computer Bricking by BIOS (or UEFI) as a Real Strategy
- ‘Secure’ Boot is Not Secure, Time to Abandon It
November
- The UEFI Forum (Intel et al.) is Polluting Linux in the Same Way Corporations Polluted W3C/WWW With DRM
- How to Overcome Microsoft UEFI ‘Secure’ Boot Lock-in: Chuck the Physical Hard-Drive
October
September
August
- Vista 8 to be Released Again, UEFI Still Included
- How EFI/UEFI is Harming Digital Freedom and Technology Rights Like Privacy and Anonymity
- UEFI a Complication That Almost Nobody Needs
July
- Boycott UEFI
- Microsoft Linux (SUSE) is Pushing Microsoft-controlled Restricted Boot, Advancing It on Servers Too
- UEFI is a Patent Trap
- Ingesting Microsoft Traps: FAT and Restricted Boot
June
- If You Use Microsoft Windows, the NSA Can Brick Your Computer Hardware Remotely
- ~$10,000 Per Windows Desktop Per Year in the British Government, and Microsoft Wants to Deny Us Choice
- UEFI 'Secure' Boot is Not About Security, Insyde Software's Business Model is Misguided and Dangerous
May
- Another Reason to Avoid Hardware With UEFI
- Techrights Advises UEFI Forum to Withdraw ‘Secure’ Boot Support
- UEFI Restricted Boot Good for Microsoft Agenda, Not for Security
- Prominent GNU/Linux/KDE Developer Jonathan Riddell Complains About UEFI Restricted Boot, Calling it “a giant Microsoft conspiracy to make installing Linux more faffy than it already is.”
- Debian Should Consider Adding Weight to Antitrust Complaint Over Microsoft’s Restricted Boot Tactics, Wheezy Cannot Boot on New Hardware
- Despite Vista 8 Failing in the Market, GNU/Linux Slow to Capitalise Due in Part to Microsoft’s UEFI Tricks
April
- Microsoft’s UEFI Restricted Boot Delays GNU/Linux Releases, Causes Many Issues for Windows ‘Refugees’
- UEFI Restricted Boot No Longer Valid for Security, Keys Leaked
March
- UEFI Continues to be a Headache for GNU/Linux Users
- Awareness of UEFI Restricted Boot Injustice Raised
- European Commission Finally Receives Complaint About Microsoft’s UEFI Restricted Boot Scheme
- Why Samsung Hardware With UEFI Boot Gets Bricked by Linux
- UEFI War on Linux: Not as Simple as Disabling Restricted (‘Secure’) Boot
- Microsoft Control Over Users
- Microsoft Tax Goes Deeper Into Hardware While Microsoft Pays No Tax
- FreeBSD Makes UEFI Mistake
- UEFI Restricted Boot: Torvalds Asks Developers Not to “Please Microsoft by Doing Idiotic Crap Approach”, Petition Set Up to Nail Microsoft for This Antitrust Abuse
February
- Torvalds Curses Over UEFI Stupidity, Gets Upset at Red Hat
- ZaReason Criticises Microsoft’s UEFI Restricted Boot Practices
- Ubuntu Release Cycles Controlled by Microsoft UEFI Restricted Boot
- UEFI Disasters Are Microsoft’s Fault, Stop Blaming Linux or Samsung
- Advertising and Legitimising Microsoft Control of Linux
- FAT is Free (Gratis) as Long as You Serve Microsoft’s Agenda
- Former Novell Employees in Microsoft’s Fight Against GNU/Linux Adoption
- Complain About — Don’t Work Around — Microsoft’s Abusive UEFI Scheme
- Adventures in UEFI Mischief and Selective Criticism of Google
- Ignore the Spin: Microsoft’s UEFI Programme Still Bricking Laptops
January
- New Fedora Suffers From UEFI While Desktops Suffer Steep Decline and Sales Drop
- Vista 8 Worse Than Vista, So Microsoft Must Block Competition to Save Windows
- 2013: The Age of Linux-Hostile PCs
- Free Software Foundation (FSF) Seeks Funds to Help Those Who Cannot Use GNU and Linux on New PCs Due to UEFI
- Latest Case of Microsoft Using Hardware Companies to Block GNU/Linux Coincides With Denying Previous Such Case
- Microsoft’s Anticompetitive Attack on GNU/Linux Booting is Bricking Laptops
2012
December
- Vista 8 Fails This Xmas, UEFI Blocks GNU and Linux While Microsoft Tries Collecting in China, Stopping Sales of Open PCs
- Vista 8 Continues to Fail, But Succeeds at Suppressing GNU and Linux Installs
- Supporting UEFI in 2012 is Like Supporting OOXML in 2007
- Guest Post: UEFI’s Effects on the User
- New Reports Show How Microsoft Rendered New Hardware Linux-hostile Out of the Box Using UEFI Demands
November
- UEFI Apologists Versus Germany’s Government Judgment on UEFI Insecurity
- Vista 8 Signals the End of Windows Domination; Microsoft Starts Lying (Fake Numbers), Block GNU/Linux
- New PCs Cannot Boot Linux Due to Microsoft Dirty Tricks
- Microsoft Proves Techrights Right by Screwing UEFI ‘Partners’
- Vista 8 is Not Selling, But Microsoft’s UEFI Scheme Blocks Linux Installations/Booting
- Garrett a Microsoft Apologist
- Ubuntu Decided to Stay With GPLv3 After Public Backlash
October
- Microsoft Can’t Understand Security (Lesson for UEFI Apologists)
- Linux Wins the Devices OS War, Microsoft Tries to Lock it Out With UEFI
- Microsoft Breaks the Web and Linux
September
August
- The Early Demise of Vista 8 and the Obsolescence of UEFI
- SUSE to Help Microsoft With UEFI Agenda
- Microsoft Cannot Defend UEFI
July
- Microsoft Corporation — Not Just Microsoft Windows — a SPAM Leader; UEFI Not the Answer
- Microsoft Dictatorship Divides and Conquers Linux With Novell, Red Hat, and Ubuntu
- Red Hat Does Not Want to Defend Its Position on UEFI
- Restricted Boot Arguably Fought Against by Linux, Not Just GNU
- UEFI Problems Addressed by Linux Developers, Not Distributions
- TechBytes Episode 69: Richard Stallman on ‘Secure’ Boot (UEFI), Coreboot, GRUB, and Boot Freedom
- UEFI Debate Rages on While New Workarounds and Advice Surface
- Debian Follows the FSF’s — Not Red Hat’s — Footsteps Regarding UEFI
- FSF and FSFE Both Speak Out Against UEFI; Ubuntu Drifts Away From FSF, Whereas Debian Comes Closer to FSF
- Features of Vista 8 Focused on Errors, Antifeatures
- Canonical and Red Hat Receive Negative Publicity Over Submissive UEFI Choices
- Coverage of the Free Software Foundation’s Response to UEFI
- The FSF Moves From Petition to Recommendations Regarding UEFI Fight
June
- With UEFI, Microsoft Assaults the General Public License (GPL) and Computing Freedom in General
- Answers to Microsoft’s UEFI Plot Summarised, More Pretence That Microsoft is ‘Open’
- Vista 8 Will Drive More OEMs to GNU/Linux
- FSF Says Microsoft’s Flagging of Its Site as ‘Gambling’ is Wrong; FSF’s Anti-UEFI Petition Grows Popular, Debian Joins
- Ubuntu and UEFI
- Red Hat Fails to Convince That UEFI is Tolerable, Uses ‘Security’ as Talking Point
- Red Hat Was Wrong About UEFI, Failed to Ask the Users
- Linus Torvalds Disputes Security of UEFI
- Red Hat Criticised for Advancing Microsoft’s UEFI Agenda
- Microsoft’s Monopolistic Abuses Continue as Red Hat and Fedora Tax Are Put in Place
