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We can't let Google get away with bundling their spyware in the name of security into a phone we must now have.. It's NOT ok that a government app (often pract
by zb3 1y ago
We can't let Google get away with bundling their spyware in the name of security into a phone we must now have..
It's NOT ok that a government app (often practically mandatory) requires the user to accept some invasive ToS of a foreign corporation maintaining an illegal monopoly.
Requiring attestation doesn't mean Google spyware should be unremovable without breaking it, Google's business model should not be mandated by the law.
- charcircuit 1y agoIt's not a law to only trust Google's attestations.
- matheusmoreira 1y agoIt is however common practice. Why would corporations and governments trust our own keys, signatures and attestations? There's no reason for them to do that. They're going to restrict the set of trusted keys to themselves, thereby maintaining attestation authority. That's how we'll be robbed of our computing freedom. Technically we'll be able to install whatever software we want but they'll be able to detect our "tampering" and discriminate against us based on it. "Tampered" with your computer? Can't access bank accounts, can't access communications applications, can't even play video games or watch films. One day even networking protocols will require corporate or government attestation. Won't even be able to connect to the internet without a corporate owned computer. Can't even read an article on some website. We're going to be marginalized. We're going to be second class citizens of society. The only way to gain access to services is to give up control of our computers to the corporations and governments.
- izacus 1y agoSo is there anyone else out there attesting device firmware and ensuring they're secure?
- M95D 1y agoWhy must it be attested secure?