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CTO of EdgeBit here. You're absolutely right that this is basically the same technology some vendors tried to leverage to prevent us from running whatever we w
by russell_h 4y ago
CTO of EdgeBit here.
You're absolutely right that this is basically the same technology some vendors tried to leverage to prevent us from running whatever we want on our own computers.
Luckily that mostly didn't happen (at least outside of the mobile ecosystem...), and the same technology is now very widely deployed to give users _more_ control over what runs on their computer.
See: https://lwn.net/Articles/674751/ https://lwn.net/Articles/674751/
- josephcsible 4y agoSure, that use lets me verify what my computer is running. But the way it's implemented would let the MAFIAA have the same kind of verification power. The only way I can see TPMs not being evil is if the standard added a requirement for them to support owner override <https://boingboing.net/2003/11/15/owner-override-a-pro.html https://boingboing.net/2003/11/15/owner-override-a-pro.html>.