- Windows 365 Link is a thin client running a special edition of Windows 11, exclusively connecting to a Windows 365 Cloud PC, making it otherwise useless e-waste.
- Microsoft promotes its vendor lock-in as 'secure-by-design architecture', featuring no admin rights, no local data, locked EFI Secure Boot, and always-enabled BitLocker.
- The author recalls that the last time EFI Secure Boot was locked was on Windows RT devices, which they personally broke the bootloader chain of trust on multiple times.
- The author accepts the challenge of bypassing these restrictions.