On Mon, 22 Dec 2014, T.J. Duchene wrote: > An example of TPM gone bad would be the fact that you can structure > a computer system around TPM so that only the manufacturer, rather > than the actual owner of the device decides what software you can > use and how. > > While in these two cases, it isn't necessarily TPM, people using > devices accept this control ideology blithely today with Apple iOS > and Windows RT. Frankly, it turns my stomach.
yes. such lockdown situations and their widespread acceptance have very serious long-term implications I believe. Perhaps defense against TPM implications will be our next cause, after systemd ... I can imagine that many multimedia oriented distros will want to avoid TPM. ciao _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
