Oops. I reread what I wrote and now I am confused. Maybe you are right. In developer mode, self signed images work. But I will leave the post.
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If you are talking about developer mode, Yes. I am pretty sure they intend to have that option in production devices.
No. I think, even in developer mode the boot process checks for google signature.
From their site;
"The first time a Chrome Notebook boots in Developer Mode after leaving Normal Mode it will:
- Show a scary warning that its software cannot be trusted, since verified boot is disabled (press Ctrl-D or wait 30 seconds to dismiss).
- Erase all personal data on the "stateful partition" (i.e., user accounts and settings - no worries, though, since all data is in the cloud!).
Make you wait between 5 and 10 minutes to while it erases the data.
- Boot from any self-signed image on its SSD, negating the security of verified boot.
Yes, but there's a switch to turn it off. I hope that continues to be true with production devices.