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awithrow | 1 month ago

If you're going to flame it you might as well point out something concrete you don't like about it.

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LooseMarmoset|1 month ago

"The OS configuration and state (i.e. /etc/ and /var/) must be encrypted, and authenticated before they are used. The encryption key should be bound to the TPM device; i.e system data should be locked to a security concept belonging to the system, not the user."

See Android; or, where you no longer own your device, and if the company decides, you no longer own your data or access to it.

mariusor|1 month ago

I mentioned it somewhere else in the thread, and btw, I'm not affiliated with the company, this is just my charitable interpretation of their intentions: this is not for requiring _every_ consumer linux device to have attestation, but for specific devices that are needed for niche purposes to have a method to use an open OS stack while being capable of attestation.