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In principle, yes, if you know that the TPM's private key hasn't been compromised. At a minimum, you would need some way to verify that it's actually a tamper-r
by teraflop 12y ago
In principle, yes, if you know that the TPM's private key hasn't been compromised. At a minimum, you would need some way to verify that it's actually a tamper-resistant hardware chip, and not a software emulation.
I don't see how a software agent bidding on VPS hosting services could possibly know that.
- derefr 12y agoIt could just pay humans to go verify that for it. See http://slatestarcodex.com/2015/04/07/no-physical-substrate-no-problem/ http://slatestarcodex.com/2015/04/07/no-physical-substrate-n..., or just think about the fact that services like Mechanical Turk and Magic exist.