Intel might have slipped that Windows 12 is indeed coming next year
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During a recent earnings call, Intel chief financial officer Dave Zinsner mentioned a "Windows Refresh" expected in 2024. He doesn't explicitly mention Windows 12, but his comments...

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  • WetBeardHairs@lemmy.mlEnglish
    161·
    1 year ago

    Thank god my PC doesn’t have a TPM.

    Otherwise, I am just waiting for some industrial software to be usable on Linux (they’re migrating now!) so I can finally drop Windows for good.

    • voxel@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      if you have a decent cpu it probably has a tpm, which is pretty useful in both windows and linux. like secure passwordless (or data-at-rest) drive encryption

      • FooBarrington@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        What advantage does a TPM chip hold for me as a user? In most cases it seems to be used to take control away from me.

        • Dark Arc@social.packetloss.ggEnglish
          21·
          1 year ago

          They’re a weird case, but they’re able to basically improve boot validation, they can store keys, and they can act as an improved secure random number generator.

          https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Trusted_Platform_Module#Using_TPM_2.0

          A TPM is just a piece of hardware, just because you don’t like how Microsoft used it … doesn’t mean it’s some technology for oppression or something. At worst, you can just not use it.

          That said, TPMs are supposed to have manufacturer signed keys. TPMs could conceivably be used to properly block someone cheating in an online game from returning (i.e. a “hardware ban”) since the crypto can’t be spoofed (like an IP, MAC address, or serial numbers).

          • FooBarrington@lemmy.worldEnglish
            22·
            1 year ago

            A TPM is just a piece of hardware, just because you don’t like how Microsoft used it … doesn’t mean it’s some technology for oppression or something. At worst, you can just not use it.

            That’s pretty terrible argumentation. All DRM measures are just “a piece of hardware” in the end, yet I’m forced by Microsoft to install a TPM2 module to use their latest software. How long until I no longer have the choice not to use it, even on a free OS?

            That said, TPMs are supposed to have manufacturer signed keys.

            And since I can’t change those keys and can’t look into the module, it can literally be used for oppression.

            TPMs could conceivably be used to properly block someone cheating in an online game from returning (i.e. a “hardware ban”) since the crypto can’t be spoofed (like an IP, MAC address, or serial numbers).

            Great example. Now imagine a centralized block list by the government for all major web services, for which the infrastructure is literally there now.

            • Dark Arc@social.packetloss.ggEnglish
              21·
              1 year ago

              That’s pretty terrible argumentation. All DRM measures are just “a piece of hardware” in the end, yet I’m forced by Microsoft to install a TPM2 module to use their latest software. How long until I no longer have the choice not to use it, even on a free OS?

              Your tinfoil hat is showing…

              Great example. Now imagine a centralized block list by the government for all major web services, for which the infrastructure is literally there now.

              That wouldn’t work… and isn’t how that works…

              • FooBarrington@lemmy.worldEnglish
                12·
                1 year ago

                Your tinfoil hat is showing…

                Do you have an actual argument? Because again, I’m literally forced to have a TPM module to use the current version of Windows. You can’t say “that’s crazy conspiracy talk” WHILE IT’S HAPPENING.

                IIRC you can store new keys in the TPM, they’re just not going to be signed by the manufacturer.

                Yes, which is the problem.

                That wouldn’t work… and isn’t how that works… That would require browser vendors to actually implement some kind of “here’s my TPM” handshake and websites to care enough to refuse service if you fail that validation.

                Yes, in a hypothetical scenario where browser vendors are forced to implement a TPM handshake, they’d have to implement a TPM handshake. Since the hypothetical situation isn’t reality as of right now, it’s not how that works. Are you playing dumb?

                If someone wanted to do that, they could do that already without a TPM. Error: “You must have a valid license from Microsoft or Apple DRM to use the internet.”

                Yes, but I can currently create a new account or otherwise circumvent these issues. There is no way to block my device in a centralised manner, except that now the hardware is in place to force such a thing by regulatory bodies.

                Also, a TPM is not DRM, it’s a cryptography coprocessor with verifiably secured keys… that’s just a unique hardware function that’s desirable (particularly for certain corporate environments, militaries, etc), that want to verify their devices haven’t been hacked) can’t be done any other way.

                I never said a TPM is DRM. Could you try to stay on point?

                Fearing a TPM is like the folks foreshadowing that secure boot was going to be the end of Linux; it wasn’t and it isn’t. That’s true of this particular piece of hardware as well (and, it can be used for other things).

                No, it’s not.

                • Dark Arc@social.packetloss.ggEnglish
                  21·
                  1 year ago

                  Whatever, do or don’t freak out about it. It’s happening with or without your support, and it will be just fine.

                  All the bad things that could happen could happen with or without a TPM.

                  • FooBarrington@lemmy.worldEnglish
                    12·
                    1 year ago

                    All the bad things that could happen could happen with or without a TPM.

                    They can’t, and it’s scary that you don’t realise this.