UEFI

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.

2016

 * UEFI is Bricking PCs, Yet Again

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

November

 * The Terrible Joke Which is Microsoft ‘Loving’ Linux: Nightmares With UEFI ‘Secure’ Boot (i.e. Windows Monopoly Imposed) Continue to Affect GNU/Linux Users

September

 * Another Reason to Boycott Intel UEFI

June

 * ‘Active Management Technology’ is Quite Likely a Back Door, Along With Intel’s UEFI

May

 * Microsoft Still Imposes Broken ‘Updates’ and Breaks GNU/Linux Through UEFI Boot Restrictions

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

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

 * Windows Vista 8.1, or Windows ‘Brick Edition’, Shows That UEFI is Malicious, Opposite of ‘Secure’

September

 * Battling Microsoft’s Abusive Hardware-Software Bundling by Showing That GNU/Linux is Better Than Windows

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

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

 * Ubuntu Acknowledges UEFI Mistake by Taking FSF Advice

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