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Trusted Computing? Yes or No

Robin Good · explainer · Watch on YouTube

Security & hackingPrivacy, surveillance & cybercrimeHacker culture & free software

What it is

A four-minute 2006 explainer on trusted computing, describing what it is and whether users should support it, with a skeptical DRM angle.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Cited as an easy-to-understand framing of trusted computing and TPMs as tools that can treat users as threats.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2014, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “Here it's put in easy to understand terms”

    Explains why DRM and trusted computing treat users as threats.

    shmerl, 2014-06 · Recommendation · in “Netflix Could Be Classified As a 'Cybersecurity Threat' Under New CISPA Rules”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: trusted computing, drm, tpm, digital rights, security

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