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		daemin on Jan 13, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft confirms UEFI fears, locks down ARM devi... From my reading of the restrictions it appears that the restriction is only on adding new keys to the boot ROM. So makers could ship arm computers with appropriate linux keys in the ROM already, and still be compatible with the WIndows 8 requirements.

justincormack on Jan 13, 2012 [–]

That would have to be a public key then. Which is just like allowing no key.

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