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planish@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

I don’t think this is going to change the overall situation, it’s just a single point new system requirement, like the plausible GPU was for Vista.

Now, if they start expiring the old TPMs every few years, and Windows 12 needs a TPM 4.0 or something, then this will change the overall situation. At least on the Windows side.

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sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
The fact that perfectly capable PCs aren’t getting security updates is just part of it. Once Microsoft and other corporations can ensure that your computer is no longer completely controlled by the user (as the TPM ensures) they can start locking it down, first in the name of security, but then just like how some phones have apps that you can’t uninstall, or how printers force you to use name brand ink at a huge markup.

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- planish@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Yeah, a TPM is, essentially, a piece of bondage gear. It’s shackles put on you to try and convince someone else of what you can’t do. It has niche applications but it’s not a valid thing to require of the general population.
  
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  - aaron@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Have you got some sort of Bill Gates bondage kink?
    
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