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Comment And it doesn't stop anything. (Score 2) 60

You can always make your own custom Secure Boot key database and sign whatever you want.

It's even easier on millions of Dell and Alienware computers that used the test key as their production Platform Key. You can just use the leaked private key to modify the keys without being easily detectable.

Comment Re:are there alternatives that will actually work? (Score 1) 31

They really should use quantum-resistant algorithms alongside a traditional algorithm for now so that you have to crack both. Quantum algorithms are very new compared to our old favorites. One of the NIST finalists for quantum-resistant crypto was cracked using classical computing near the end of the standardization process, highlighting the danger of relying on these alone.

Comment I'll believe it when I see it (Score 3, Insightful) 83

Wake me when I can factor 1024-bit RSA keys. The Nintendo DSi and I have unfinished business.

I'm a pessimist, so I'm guessing--with no evidence--that we will find out that keeping N qubits coherent requires energy exponential in N, meaning that quantum computers are mostly useless.

Comment First Amendment (Score 1) 58

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

The last part, the right to petition the Government for redress of grievances, is what this is about. You have a right to complain to government officials, though of course they don't have to care. Blocking someone on a social media account that is used for official government messaging is blocking such "petitions".

Comment Re: Old enough to remember (Score 2) 51

MS is all in on ARM⦠Theyâ(TM)ve released an ARM64 native Office and Edge. Windows 11 has an x64 emulator in ARM with wicked performance to cover the gaps in the app space. The latest Surface offers the same Surface branded laptop with ARM chips (unlike the Pro X which stood out). Theyâ(TM)ve also brought ARM into Azure.

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