British right to repair law excludes smartphones and computers

Re:British right to repair law excludes smartphones and comp... by fsflover on Thursday July 01, 2021 @05:52PM (#27705351)

TPM can be based on free software and controlled by the user: https://puri.sm/posts/purism-integrates-heads-security-firmw....

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Re:British right to repair law excludes smartphones and comp... by Spivak on Thursday July 01, 2021 @11:16PM (#27707496)

Yes but that isn’t the main point. When combined with a non-free OS TPMs become a tool used against the user to lock them out of their own system.

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Re:British right to repair law excludes smartphones and comp... by fsflover on Friday July 02, 2021 @03:30AM (#27708750)

You are right. The problem however is not in the TPM but in the non-free OS.

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Re:British right to repair law excludes smartphones and comp... by heavyset_go on Thursday July 01, 2021 @06:01PM (#27705452)

Thanks for the link, I wasn't aware of Purism's work in this space.

Is an open and flashable TPM something rights holders would be comfortable with? Or would they treat it like SafetyNet treats an Android phone with an unlocked bootloader?

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