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I'm in the minority on this, but I want BIOS to make a comeback. I don't want TPM, or any of the rest of this broken garbage. Just let me boot my OS, and get the fuck out of my way...

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I agree with you actually. I do however like the other uses of hardware tokens: two factor authentication, or even replacing password based login. I would very much like to have a TPM/HSM flexible enough to do the same things a YubiKey does, and more.

But the powers that be decided that the user is the enemy… Maybe they should be more careful that such a decision may make an enemy out of the user. I for one sure don't want to be their ally.

coreboot et al sounds like a better option.

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