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Microsoft’s Secure Boot has been broken for a decade and no one noticed until now
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this post was submitted on 15 Jul 2026
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Yeah. Best to look out for devices that don't have this restriction. Not 100% sure if the Fairphone and Shiftphone have this, but I'm sure if you ask them, they'll tell you.
I think the nothing phone does not have it, at least, i doubt because their bootloader is not locked IIRC
Having an unlockable bootloader is a separate thing from being able to replace the primary bootloader entirely.
My bad, i misunderstood