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Re:Intel Microcode Decryptor by mschuster91 on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @05:57AM (#32149476)
Intel's SGX was at least partially intended to implement DRM [0], and its various-ish predecessor technologies such as old-school Palladium/TPM was expected to do the same [1] (but was ultimately cancelled because of wide backlash).

[0] https://www.techspot.com/news/93006-intel-sgx-deprecation-im...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next-Generation_Secure_Computi...

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Re:Intel Microcode Decryptor by markus_zhang on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @06:03AM (#32149510)
Thanks, didn't know these are pretty hardcore protection. Just curious maybe these protection layers and protetion-protection layers may introduce more vectors for attackers?
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