• PixxlMan@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Yeah. This meme makes no sense…

      Let’s avoid misinforming people please. The reality is bad enough, no need to start lying and deceiving

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      While WEI definitely doesn’t qualify as a rootkit itself, any useful attester is going to require aspects of one - whether it’s a phone asserting that it hasn’t been rooted, or a PC running with approved SecureBoot and TPM keys.

    • Spudwart@lemmy.worldOP
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      There’s no way to say this one way or the other until it’s implemented.

      However to “verify” a system from a hardware level to any decent level of accuracy would require kernel level access.

      Technically you’re correct, until you’re not.