On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 10:17:02PM +0100, Jan Alsenz wrote: > > > > First of all, I think it's a poor approach, because there's no way to > > garantee > > the TPM is doing what it's supposed to (can you read its source code? how > > do > > you know for sure there are no backdoors?). > > As I said before: you can make the very same argument for every single part of > your PC. > Why do you trust Intel or AMD with your CPU? They are also involved in the > TCG!
You took the least relevant part of my argument, and assumed this is the reason I object to TPMs. Please check the rest of my previous mail. Anyway, it's obvious that I trust my CPU because I have no other choice. The context in which I said this, is different: there are better choices there. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all." _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
