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Re:British right to repair law excludes smartphones and comp... by rocqua on Thursday July 01, 2021 @12:58PM (#27701328)
TPM used for secure boot, (hypothetically) used to block installing non-windows OS, means the owner is forced to using an OS that has telemetry.

That is the argument I suppose OP was making. The secure boot locking is hypothetical, but it is often feared. I get why, because it seems like something Microsoft would love to do.

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Re:British right to repair law excludes smartphones and comp... by my123 on Thursday July 01, 2021 @01:03PM (#27701417)
TPM is used for measured boot, to not release a secret/operate on a key if measurements do not match.

It doesn't block you from running anything.

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Re:British right to repair law excludes smartphones and comp... by rocqua on Thursday July 01, 2021 @03:45PM (#27703685)
Dang your right.

I figured the TPM was part of secure-boot validation. But given some extra thought, it is clear that verifying a signature does not require any secrets.

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Re:British right to repair law excludes smartphones and comp... by layoutIfNeeded on Thursday July 01, 2021 @04:13PM (#27704124)
>It doesn't block you from running anything.

Yet

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