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Linux and Secure Boot certificate expiration

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253 points pabs3 | 2 comments | 18 Jul 25 03:53 UTC | HN request time: 0.543s | source
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cm2187 ◴[19 Jul 25 18:10 UTC] No.44617875[source]▶
It's not just secure boot. Modern OS have certificates all over the place. These are ticking self-destruct time bombs in those machines that the manufacturers of hardware based on these OS may not necessarily realize. I am thinking ATM machines, voting machines, medical equipment, smart-fridges and other IOT, probably many cars, etc.
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1. jacquesm ◴[19 Jul 25 18:25 UTC] No.44618029[source]▶
Oh, they realize it just fine. To them it is just another source of revenue. Planned obsolescence is going to wipe out our digital heritage at some point.
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2. hulitu ◴[25 Jul 25 06:38 UTC] No.44680242[source]▶
> Planned obsolescence is going to wipe out our digital heritage at some point.

I presume words like "Crowdstrike" or "Microsoft Update" don't say anything to you. /s