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Re:TPM on Embedded Systems: Pitfalls and Caveats to Watch Ou... by amluto on Wednesday January 21, 2026 @05:33PM (#46712582)
> The system could extend one of the PCRs, or an NVPCR, with some unique user credential locked to the user directory. Then you can't recreate the PCR records in any immediate way.

Sure, but can the system context-switch that PCR between two different users?

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Re:TPM on Embedded Systems: Pitfalls and Caveats to Watch Ou... by Foxboron on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @05:01PM (#46787601)
> Sure, but can the system context-switch that PCR between two different users?

Right, no it can't.

But this was not really something the TPM was suppose to solve.

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