Re:Is the FSF Fighting the Previous War?
by matheusmoreira on Saturday October 08, 2022 @07:17AM
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FUD?
Normal desktop processors already come with features designed to protect memory and code from the prying eyes of users. Not to mention all the ring -5 code that is really in control of the computer.
Smartphones now have attestation. They have hardware designed to cryptographically prove to its real owners that those pesky users haven't tampered with their phones. Software will refuse to run if this fails and it's not really something you can override by hacking on the OS.
Face it, hardware today comes pwned from the factory. Hardware doesn't belong to us anymore, they belong to the "stakeholders" and they're only generously allowing us to use it so long we don't run any software they don't like.
Normal desktop processors already come with features designed to protect memory and code from the prying eyes of users. Not to mention all the ring -5 code that is really in control of the computer.
Smartphones now have attestation. They have hardware designed to cryptographically prove to its real owners that those pesky users haven't tampered with their phones. Software will refuse to run if this fails and it's not really something you can override by hacking on the OS.
Face it, hardware today comes pwned from the factory. Hardware doesn't belong to us anymore, they belong to the "stakeholders" and they're only generously allowing us to use it so long we don't run any software they don't like.