• PixxlMan@lemmy.world
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      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.

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    I don’t think it’ll go that far. What I’m more worried about is that the spec calls for multiple attesters. So Microsoft and others might even make their own under the spec.

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      It doesn’t matter if it goes short or far. This shit is DRM, and if any part of it makes it into browsers, it’s the end of the web as we know it.