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Re:I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great by ranger_danger on Sunday January 11, 2026 @03:14PM (#46579526)
You mean the Pixel hardware that employs a proprietary black-box security chip that they pinky-promised to open source but never did?
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Re:I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great by immibis on Monday January 12, 2026 @03:59AM (#46585855)
Oh no! A TPM without a driver! How can I trust any device that has a TPM I don't have a driver for?
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Re:I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great by ranger_danger on Monday January 12, 2026 @03:52PM (#46594145)
The Titan chip does a lot more than sign and store keys. It also has storage (could contain malicious payloads) as well as an RNG and AES/SHA accelerators (which could be weakened/compromised), among other things.
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