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Developer of VeraCrypt encryption software says Windows users may face boot-up issues after Microsoft locked his account (techcrunch.com)
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[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 8 points 3 hours ago

Secure Boot has nothing to do with Microsoft, it's a UEFI feature.

You can enroll your own Platform Key and have complete control over the entire Secure Boot system.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface/Secure_Boot

I use a signed Unified Kernel Image to use Secure Boot and my machine has zero Microsoft software on it. (Arch, btw)