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@mrgrumpymonkey it is.

One can repartition Windows installations on the fly whilst running (and even then there are tools like #Wubi that made it easy to setup #dualboot #Linux & #Windows.

  • ISOLINUX does allow for "load image into RAM and boot" setups. I literally use that on @OS1337 because no system that can boot it will have > 16 MB RAM anyway ( 8 MB is the hard limit for bare linux kernel) so merely making Windows' bootloader to chainload #isolinux to load that image in RAM and yeet it isn't out of the question.

I just have neither a #Windows machine nor time and spoons to make such a tool, much less to basically create even said #ProofOfConcept "#Malware"

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@itsfoss nodds in agreement the amount of #eWaste #Microsoft creates is s absurd, it'll make hee #EU converting to #IEC60906_1 look like envoirmentally responsible by comparison.

I wounder how many millions of PCs get replaced for no good reason because Microsofts's new #Govware requires #CensorBoot!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEC_6090

en.wikipedia.orgIEC 60906-1 - Wikipedia
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@Eyedust @topher exactly that is my main gripe.

The reason the #EU refused to standardize upon IEC 60906-1 was because they expected it to generate 700.000t of 100% avoidable #eWaste (or ~ 1,4 kg per EU citizen).

And that really infuriates me like this:

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@topher the problem is the #Enshittifiaction and #Enfattening of #Websites and #Applications!

Seriously, I think that #Microsoft should be sued into insolvency for the way they create 100% avoidable #eWaste with #CensorBoot and #Windows11 to the point that if I didn't have my current job, I'd basically collect all the old machines from companies that are stupid enough to use #Windows [and they'll likely give them away for free minus SSDs / HDDs instead of paying €5+ for #recycling], shove some #Linux on [i.e. #RaspberryPiOS, #BunsenLabsLinux or #UbuntuLTS] and sell those off as used electronics for a good profit.

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@ESETresearch @smolar_m thanks for the post and research.

  • Personally, I don't rely on #CensorBoot as I don't trust any #security that violates #KerckhoffsPrinciple, but that's not my decision and being able to attest the security of it or at least have another way to check for it is kinda important.

And yes I refuse to call it "#SecureBoot" because it is not secure by #Microsoft's own admission - otherwise they would've relied on it on the #XboxOne and not just the #Xbox360 !

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@FrankM natürlich ist es gut wenn Leute endlich die #Govware aus Redmond entsorgen!

Alles andere wäre Akzeptanz von #umweltverbrechen!

youtube.com/watch?v=ODFc8xYjsm