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Intel SGX could be this backdoor. Just have Intel hand over the key for each device to the Government and job done.
by anonymousDan 11y ago
Intel SGX could be this backdoor. Just have Intel hand over the key for each device to the Government and job done.
- pmontra 11y agoSome analysis of SGX: https://www.virusbtn.com/virusbulletin/archive/2014/01/vb201401-SGX https://www.virusbtn.com/virusbulletin/archive/2014/01/vb201...
- mike_hearn 11y agoOnly for programs that use SGX remote attestation. Which is at the present time zero programs. Additionally, it's not clear why you'd need it to do local encryption of your own data.
- anonymousDan 11y agoHuh? It's not even available yet, so of course there aren't any programs using SGX remote attestation. Regarding your second point, one of the main use cases is likely to be the cloud computing market where you want to do remote computation over sensitive data (requiring it to be decrypted inside an enclave). If an attacker knows the machine's built in key then it can read any encrypted pages. Or maybe I'm misunderstanding your comment?