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Re:Box64 and RISC-V by ptx on Wednesday May 31, 2023 @11:53AM (#36139784)
> not a problem, so long the user retains full control of private keys

The whole point of these technologies is to transfer control of the user's computer to various other actors. So in practice this condition (the user retaining control) is not going to be true, so they remain problematic.

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Re:Box64 and RISC-V by snvzz on Wednesday May 31, 2023 @06:00PM (#36144953)
While this use might be common, it's far from "the whole point".

To avoid evil maid attacks, there isn't much of an alternative.

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