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Intel OEM Private Key Leak: A Blow to UEFI Secure Boot Security

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658 points transpute | 2 comments | 06 May 23 17:39 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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discerning_ ◴[06 May 23 18:40 UTC] No.35844121[source]▶
If these keys are leaked, they should be adopted by open source projects to disable secure boot.
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fowtowmowcow ◴[06 May 23 19:08 UTC] No.35844425[source]▶
I'm not sure that they can of the key is proprietary to Intel. I think this would open up those projects to litigation.
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zapdrive ◴[06 May 23 19:13 UTC] No.35844462[source]▶
It's just a string of characters.
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1. Xorlev ◴[06 May 23 19:15 UTC] No.35844483[source]▶
Software, movies, music is just a string of bits.

Using something leaked always carries some inherent risk.

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2. realusername ◴[06 May 23 20:13 UTC] No.35844979[source]▶
The difference is that software and music are made by authors unlike keys, that's what makes them copyrightable