On: Right to root access

[emmelaich]

I guess, pretty much. For the vast majority of computer users, all we can do is buy it from someone we mostly trust (to be competent and trustworthy).

Pretty sad state of affairs, huh?

[stavros → emmelaich]

No, I don't think that's true. We got used to insecure systems, and then accepted Big Brother as a security model. We can have secure devices that aren't owned by a corporation, but judging by the comments section here, nobody knows that.

[emmelaich → stavros]

How might that work? You personally have the keys to the TPM? Then some confidence trickster will tell a naive user that to make big$buck$ on the internet you'll need to handover your TPM key. And people will.

[stavros → emmelaich]

Why would you need keys to a TPM? It's meant to store keys without ever getting them out.