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I was planning on trying the open beta for Battlefield 6 next week but you need to enable Secure Boot. I heard mixed reviews about that; some say it is fine while other say it'll open your computer down to the lowest level, so I don't know what to think. Also, Battlefield 2042 now also require Secure Boot.

I'll keep looking into it but if some of you have any knowledge about it, I'll be happy to hear your thoughts.

I was planning on trying the open beta for Battlefield 6 next week but you need to enable Secure Boot. I heard mixed reviews about that; some say it is fine while other say it'll open your computer down to the lowest level, so I don't know what to think. Also, Battlefield 2042 now also require Secure Boot. I'll keep looking into it but if some of you have any knowledge about it, I'll be happy to hear your thoughts.

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[–] • 4 pts (edited )

Secure Boot (Palladium) is bad. It is irreversible once enabled and restricts your computer so that it can only boot an approved operating system. This is a slide of the Overton window to the eventuality whereby you will only be able to run what the Government allows, which will only do what the officially-sanctioned vendor (Microsoft) allows you to do. Free operating systems (as in Freedom) which facilitate free computing will be illegal.

If you want to be complicit and allow this transition by your cooperation for the sake of a mindless game you should not be on this site.

Reject this vendor and tell them to go f*** themselves.

[–] • 4 pts

If you want to be complicit and allow this transition by your cooperation for the sake of a mindless game you should not be on this site.

That's why I asked around.

Reject this vendor and tell them to go f*** themselves.

I guess I have to.

[–] • 3 pts

Greed is the ultimate motivation. I'm not sure what the game manufacturer's stated rationale is, whether to deter cheating or piracy, safeguard in-game purchases, or whatever, but the upshot is that your identity would be conclusively bound to a locked box. This would give them enhanced legal standing if someone objected to something you said in a chat or online and you are classified as a domestic threat. I can also see you having to go back to the vendor to buy the game again or pay a premium for the privilege of moving something you already bought to a new computer when the time comes around for upgrade.

Tell them to get bent and get real. It's a game.

[–] • 2 pts

What they say it is for, and what they do with it may be two different things. Like those new laws where you have to identify yourself to see some content "to protect the kids"; but we know it is total BS. I have other games to play; they're not getting my money this time.

[–] • 2 pts

I always disable Secure Boot. It adds no value, only problems.

[–] • 0 pt

Isn't secure boot a requirement for Windows 11? Wasn't that the whole reason for the "it won't work unless you have TPM 2.0" thing?

[–] • 2 pts

Funny you posted this. This popped up in the feed this morning.

https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/1mhpu0t/secure_boot_is_a_requirement_to_play_battlefield/

One faggoter posted this:

So just FYI I have a GIGABYTE Z790 AORUS Elite AX and I was getting that error message when launching the beta. I checked by bios settings and secure boot was on (set to "standard" mode) but inactive. I changed it to "custom/user" mode and didn't actually customize anything. Just left it the way it was and it did the trick for me. Got in and can adjust my settings in game

So try that?

[–] • 1 pt

I didn't try to turn it on because I heard some scary thing about it (I'm still looking into it) so I'll wait until I have more information before deciding what to do. If that means that I can't play Battlefield (6 or 2042), so be it. I just don't want to willingly open my computer to some company who have a really tarnished reputation.

[–] • 1 pt

Is the game really worth that degree of privacy invasion and loss of control over your device? Are you a reddit mod?

[–] • 3 pts

Is the game really worth that degree of privacy invasion and loss of control over your device?

No, but my friends seem to be interested and we haven't find a game to play together in a long time. Better luck next time.

Are you a reddit mod?

I'm not a faggot, so no.

[–] • 1 pt

If some software says I have to make changes that puts my computer exposed and potentially myself in danger then nope. M$ even had to back off Secure Boot to get Win 11 out there. Oracle has a write up for VirtualBox to get it running.

[–] • 1 pt

Funny how they want you to turn on the harmful setting no one ever thought would be a good idea to enable. All so that they could "catch cheaters", huh? Just like they're tightening the screws all over the internet, yet the spam bots, scammers and cheaters continue swarming every comment section and game server anyway? Really makes you appreciate this gay world.

[–] • 0 pt

Are they requiring secure boot to prevent the use of mods or cheat methods?

I'm guessing this is also a granular method of identifying users.

[–] • 3 pts

I think they said it was to stop cheaters. I don't care what their motives are, I'm not buying their crap game.