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What's your solution then to the problem TPMs solve?

• JohnFen 3y ago
  That depends on which problem you're talking about. But this is not the issue at hand.
• mindslight 3y ago
  What do you get from blasting this thread with a bunch of naive one liners that you could answer yourself if you studied the topic on your own for a little bit? The answer to this one is that the fundamental problem that current TPMs aim to "solve" is that of allowing corporate control and inspection of end users' computers. To continue having a free society where individuals have some autonomy over the devices they purportedly own, this needs to be soundly rejected.
  • pptr 3y ago
    Good idea, we just throw out all the security mechanisms to avoid "corporate control" and even worse anti virus software "inspecting end users' computers". I'm sure people will be very happy about all the mal- and ransomware they receive. Imagine the utopia we would live in.
    • mindslight 3y ago
      You're using scare quotes, but I do specifically mean corporate control. Current TPMs were designed around giving centralized parties (eg corporations) privileged keys. TPMs could certainly be designed to not have any baked in privileged keys, instead putting the owner at the trust root. The current crop just wasn't. Also that you're talking about anti virus shows that you're not really in touch with the gamut of computing. From my perspective, anti virus was something that was relevant two decades ago.
• rcxdude 3y ago
  which problem? Some 'problems' TPMs solve should not be solved. Others are perfectly reasonable but a generally a lot less common.