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SecureBoot was as much an attempt by Microsoft to put in place a method to lock out other OSes as it was for local physical security. Most consumer desktop and laptop computer users don't password protect their BIOS/EFI, so an attacker with physical access can simply turn off SecureBoot themselves and then boot whatever toolkit they want to take over the system.


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