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

This was always a dumb idea. No different than a “master” TSA key. All it does is create a single point of failure.

Kind of/almost a good thing. More and more security processors seem to have irrevocable keys or other non-user setups. It's. Just. Not. OK.

And more and more governments are making demands about decrypting users data on demand, about blowing up security for their own greedy needs. They have no idea the awful horrific mess, the buggy by design systems we get when we forgoe security for their paranoid snooping. This is such a textbook lesson. Alas that we need another blow to the face to remind ourselves.