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      1 year ago

      Yep. And the average user doesn’t know what a bios update is.

      Oh and the average user doesn’t know that windows update has bios updates from manufacturers.

      What happens when the bios is flashed? Poof the key disappeared…

      Nice move Microsoft. Not sure if they have something to prevent the loss of the encryption key or some security, but for those people I hope they don’t loose their data due to updates.