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Pluralistic: Demon-haunted computers are back, baby (17 Jan 2024)
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Demon-haunted computers are back, baby: Surely no one will ever find a way to abuse this security system that treats the computer's owner as an attacker.
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Author Cory DoctorowPosted on January 18, 2024January 31, 2024Categories UncategorizedTags descartes, dmca 1201, drm, infosec, jailbreaking, next generation secure computing base, ngscb, nub of certainty, owner override, palladium, pixiefail, Schneiers Law, secure enclaves, self-destruct button, trusted computing, uefi, user override1 Comment on Pluralistic: Demon-haunted computers are back, baby (17 Jan 2024)
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