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no_time | 4 months ago

I find it reassuring that you can still get access to the data running on your own device, despite all the tens of thousands of engineering hours being poured into preventing just that.

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throawayonthe|4 months ago

I doubt you own hardware capable of any of the confidential computing technology mentioned

no_time|4 months ago

My 2017 bottom shelf lenovo has SGX whether I like it or not.

In current year you can't really buy new hardware without secure enclaves[0], be it a phone, a laptop or server. Best you can do is refuse to run software that requires it, but even that will become tough when goverments roll out mandatory software that depends on it.

[0]: unless you fancy buying nerd vanity hardware like a Talos POWER workstation with all the ups and downs that come with it.

kedihacker|4 months ago

Well microcontrollers can prevent you from repairing your own device with DRM and secure enclaves