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A wise elder once told me, "There are no secrets in silicon." (e.g. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0026271425001106 https://www.scienced
by ForHackernews 1y ago
A wise elder once told me, "There are no secrets in silicon." (e.g. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0026271425001106 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S00262...)
If an attacker with time and resources has physical access, you are doomed.
- immibis 1y agoIt works in practice because most don't have enough time, physical access, and electron microscopes.
- beeflet 1y agoI think it provides a false sense of security in practice. You end up relying on security methods that dont work against adversaries above a level of initial investment.
- i80and 1y agoIt is also true that making attackers spend time and resources has value. Just because you're trapped in a Red Queen race doesn't mean you should stop running
- PaulHoule 1y agoBut way too often getting into the TPM on one machine leaks secrets that enable a global compromise. In the case of media piracy, for instance, DRM might inconvenience millions of people but it takes just one person to crack it, either head on or through the analog hole and then the files are on BitTorrent.