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The creator of systemd wants to bring SecureBoot-enforced hardware attestation to Linux (0pointer.net)
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The creator of systemd (Lennart Poettering) has recently created a new company dedicated to bringing hardware attestation to open source software.

What might this entail? A previous blog post could provide some clues:

So, let's see how I would build a desktop OS. The trust chain matters, from the boot loader all the way to the apps. This means all code that is run must be cryptographically validated before it is run. This is in fact where big distributions currently fail pretty badly. This is a fault of current Linux distributions though, not of SecureBoot in general.

If this technology is successful, the end result could be that we would see our Linux laptops one day being as locked down as an Iphone or Android device.

There are lots of others who are equally concerned about this possibility: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46784572

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[–] deltaspawn0040@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Only being able to install "allowed" apps is not great for freedom.

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world -3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not even how that works FFS. You're not the target audience here.

Y'all really need to start reading more about things before jumping to ridiculously uninformed conclusions and making comments. My gosh.

[–] deltaspawn0040@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hey you fucking idiot, iPhones need to be jailbroken for that and Android is about to be locked down so developers will need to identify themselves to Google.

Get your condescending ass out of my face. I'm not in the damn mood for a random fucking stranger to tell me I'm an idiot for commenting on someone else's speculation. This is a lot meaner than I normally am, but I happen to be grumpy right now and you don't matter to me at all, so I will continue on to say: Fuck your unhelpful ass.

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world -2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Seems like more of a "you" problem for not understanding the problem or solutions being discussed. Seems like maybe you probably just shouldn't have commented at all, huh?