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I find it reassuring that you can still get access to the data running on your own device, despite all the tens of thousands of engineering hours being poured i

I find it reassuring that you can still get access to the data running on your own device, despite all the tens of thousands of engineering hours being poured into preventing just that.

throawayonthe 1y ago
I doubt you own hardware capable of any of the confidential computing technology mentioned
- kedihacker 1y ago
  Well microcontrollers can prevent you from repairing your own device with DRM and secure enclaves
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- no_time 1y ago
  My 2017 bottom shelf lenovo has SGX whether I like it or not. In current year you can't really buy new hardware without secure enclaves[0], be it a phone, a laptop or server. Best you can do is refuse to run software that requires it, but even that will become tough when goverments roll out mandatory software that depends on it. [0]: unless you fancy buying nerd vanity hardware like a Talos POWER workstation with all the ups and downs that come with it.
  - RedShift1 1y ago
    Pretty sure you can turn off SGX in the BIOS?
  - da768 1y ago
    Intel killed SGX on consumer CPUs a while ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31047888 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31047888
    - heavyset_go 1y ago
      Intel TXT is another related trusted execution/attestation/secure enclave feature, not sure how prevalent that one is, though
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