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brooksttoday at 1:11 PM1 replyview on HN

> There's a reason why modern "secure boot" originated on gaming consoles and TV boxes.

Yes, because hardware is sold at or below cost, and giving away a general purpose computer without reaping the long term upside is a recipe for disaster.

But look at the prevalence of cheating on PC games versus console and tell me secure boot does nothing for actual security.


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fsflovertoday at 2:33 PM

> cheating

> security

How are these two connected? Are you talking about security of companies from the users?