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A comment on British right to repair law excludes smartphones and computers. Parent comment

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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