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That's all kinds of fucked. Anybody who saw Microsoft Palladium and thought it was a good idea shouldn't be allowed anywhere near a computer.
Indeed. These trusted computing measures would be ok IF and ONLY IF I get to control the trust root.
If Google controls it, Microsoft controls it, Apple controls it... Do. Not. Want.
It is scary b/c the forces trying to defend personal computing have to succeed every time. The forces trying to subjugate it only have to succeed once. Big segments already are lost. I'm afraid. In the end, it could all be lost. The very notion of computers controlled by us instead of by BigTechCo will have been a historical flash in the pan.
If computing was invented today, we would never have ANY open platforms. We only have it b/c they squeeked in before the door slammed shut.
What is/was microsoft Palladium?
A combination of secure boot, DRM, and remote attestation Microsoft proposed adding to Windows in the early 2000s. It was such an obvious corporate power grab that it got critical coverage from the New York Times.
Things like Google SafetyNet have been equally obvious corporate power grabs, but barely got negative coverage from the tech press, much less the mainstream media.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next-Generation_Secure_Computing_Base
IMO, this might be b/c as tech spread into normal society, to everyday ppl, tech literacy has declined. On avg I mean, ofc there are still lots of smart, aware ppl. More than ever in raw numbers. But as a percentage, it's less. Without a critical mass of people who understand the issues and care enough about them, big tech co abuses fly under the radar.
I kinda think that if MS tried Palladium today, they could succeed. Their power grab just came too early.
MS also tried to replace the open web with a MS proprietary technology. That also died b/c ppl pushed back. Today? They'd prob succeed if they said it was for everybody's safety. "Oh... it's for my safety. I guess that's ok then."
Windows does have most of the features of Palladium today, but it's impact is modest because native desktop applications for consumers don't have the importance they once did. The main place people encounter it is game anticheat.