Every time people hear what it actually involves is outrage and opposition, at least all the way back to when Intel first announced that they wanted to hardcode identity numbers inside CPUs in 1999. But the corporations involved have been relentless, and have sunk countless billions of dollars steadily forcing it forwards, and building front organizations to obfuscate and whitewash it.

With Windows 11, Microsoft was finally able to FORCE Trusted computing hardware into every new computer. Not just every new Windows computer, but every computer.

Every new Intel PC CPU has built in Trusted Computing enforcement hardware. Every new AMD PC CPU has built in Trusted Computing enforcement hardware. Every new ARM PC CPU has built in Trusted Computing enforcement hardware. The only processor lines that DON'T have it are the microcontrollers.

There are some unlocked smartphones available, but as far as I can determine it's literally impossible to buy a smartphone that doesn't have hardware trusted computing built in.

I specified that enforcing Trusted Computing at the internet access level is still a long term goal, they couldn't get away with it today. However they are well on the way to success. Virtually all new hardware supporting trusted computing, all the front groups rolling out standards and systems, and as it gets incorporated into things everyone is going to increasingly running into situations where they get locked out of stuff if they're not Trusted Computing compliant. Streaming already restricts you to the worst quality if you're not compliant, and it's only going to get worse as pre-Win11 computers fade out and as more things require it.

I'd hardly call exact date of birth "low information content".

And yes this does reveal exact date of birth, regardless of the bullshit obfuscation that it supposedly only reports age range. The server simply tracks the reported result every time the user connects, and on some specific day the result CHANGES to announce their date of birth.

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This is based on SLSA (Supply-chain Levels for Software Artifacts), brought to you by the same fuckers making Trusted Computing and the TMP (Trusted Platform Module). It's part of the same shitstack to prohibit you from altering your software and to lock you out of your own files, and to send spy reports out over the internet so you can be cut off if you "fail" the Trusted Computing check.

The software can use a TPM's (Trusted Platform Module) Sealing function to encrypt your data such that it's impossible to access your own data if the software is modified. It can then pass control over that data only to software updates that carry a signed security certificate from Broadcom (or any other company using this system).

It is no longer open source, your system no longer works as you can no longer access your Sealed data if you change so much as a single letter of the code. Even recompile unaltered code won't work, unless you magically manage to get your build environment absolutely identical to the company's build environment and get byte-for-byte output. Even that may be impossible with the newer levels of non-deterministic compiler optimizations.

Also, with TMP's Remote Attestation feature can be used to transmit your machine's software configuration over the internet, so that you can be cut off if your system doesn't match Broadcom (or other company's) cryptographically signed certificate.

And then of course there's Network Access Control (NAC) / Trusted Network Connect (TNC). In the long term, the goal is for ISPs to use NAC/TNC to interrogate your computer for Trusted Computing compliance, and deny you any internet access whatsoever if your machine isn't compliant. Software with this sort of "security" certificate would pass inspection, while any attempt to alter the code would be detected as "tampering". You then get "quarantined". What "quarantine" means is that you are denied internet access - with the exception that you do get very restricted access which can only be used to download the approved software to "fix" your computer into Trusted Computing compliance.

Yes, I work in science, with antibodies and fluorescent imaging among other things, and I assume product literature is shooped to high heaven when it comes to pretty pictures. This newb apparently has too much time on their hands and/or is just jumping on the outrage culture bandwagon (for self-promotion?).

Both Nexstar and Sinclair are notoriously conservatively biased as well. I'm sure FCC Chairman Carr is totally OK with that though.

Don't forget the top-tier talent pool he'll have available over there working under potentially slavish conditions yet state-of-the-art equipment. They'll consider it a privilege to work for a Nobel laureate, and they'd be right.

With a 3% profit margin, MS would have a better return taking the money they'd spend on the Xbox folks and sticking it into a high-yield savings account at the bank.

They've said they'd never do another GTA London because you can't find good weapons like you can find anywhere in the US. Also, I think they figured out that satirizing American culture is more widely accessible worldwide than British culture.

United Artists is an American film production and distribution company

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... Distribution isn't cheap or easy for even the best indie films. A notable exception was that Youtube guy that got his film in theaters and made a fair ton of money on his personally financed film. Maybe in the future it will get easier for some folks?

Ever since Elon bought Twitter he was trying to push folks to subscriptions and openly admitted this would promote the engagement of their posts. Did EFF pay for this "feature"? -- I'm doubtful. He also neutered the algorithm and elevates right-wing nutjobs in the name of neutrality or balance or whatever over what the previous employees/owners did.

On the one hand, it's kind of an asshole move to publicly reveal someone that would prefer a private life. On the other hand, Satoshi supposedly has $138 billion in Bitcoin and could crash the markets with rapid divestment. Maybe it is in the public's interest to know who they are? Unlike Banksy...

I'm not saying that, but has he given any indication he's about to bail with a golden parachute? He isn't some bean counter that just swooped in a couple years ago, trashed the company, and bails.

If he didn't exist those people wouldn't have had those jobs to begin with. He did create the company and Unreal Engine after all.

I think he's referring to this.

in 1-2 days? Didn't take much arm twisting it seems...