Comment by youarentrightjr

5 hours ago

> Remote attestation is literally a form of DRM

Let's say I accept this statement.

What makes you think trusted boot == remote attestation?

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direwolf20  4 hours ago

Trusted boot is literally a form of DRM. A different one than remote attestation.

  • youarentrightjr  3 hours ago

    > Trusted boot is literally a form of DRM. A different one than remote attestation.

    No, it's not. (And for that matter, neither is remote attestation)

    You're conflating the technology with the use.

    I believe that you have only thought about these technologies as they pertain to DRM, now I'm here to tell you there are other valid use cases.

    Or maybe your definition of "DRM" is so broad that it includes me setting up my own trusted boot chain on my own hardware? I don't really think that's a productive definition.

    • yencabulator  2 hours ago

      It's possible to not implement remote attestation even when you implement secure boot.

      This company is explicitly all about implementing remote attestation (which is a form of DRM):

      https://amutable.com/events

      > Remote Attestation of Imutable Operating Systems built on systemd

      > Lennart Poettering

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