Matthew Garrett on Nostr: So from a freedom maximalist perspective, the right thing would potentially be to ...
So from a freedom maximalist perspective, the right thing would potentially be to never revoke insecure boot components. But in that case, users who *do* want safety and who *don't* want the freedom to install arbitrary outdated Linux systems would also have their desires ignored (and this isn't just proprietary vs free - I might be using a non-grub free software bootloader and still not want insecure versions of grub to boot)
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