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From: Richard M. Stallman
Subject: www/philosophy can-you-trust.html
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2023 19:30:39 -0400 (EDT)

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       23/03/31 19:30:39

Modified files:
        philosophy     : can-you-trust.html 

Log message:
        Add a note dated 2022 about the TPM2.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/can-you-trust.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.65&r2=1.66

Patches:
Index: can-you-trust.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/can-you-trust.html,v
retrieving revision 1.65
retrieving revision 1.66
diff -u -b -r1.65 -r1.66
--- can-you-trust.html  11 Sep 2021 09:37:22 -0000      1.65
+++ can-you-trust.html  31 Mar 2023 23:30:39 -0000      1.66
@@ -263,13 +263,19 @@
 cars, TVs and other devices, and these are fully as bad as we
 expected.</p>
 
-<p>This also does not mean that remote attestation is harmless.  If
+<p>This also does not mean that remote attestation is not a threat.  If
 ever a device succeeds in implementing that, it will be a grave threat
 to users' freedom.  The current &ldquo;Trusted Platform Module&rdquo;
 is harmless only because it failed in the attempt to make remote
 attestation feasible.  We must not presume that all future attempts
 will fail too.</p>
 
+<hr class="thin" />
+
+<p>As of 2022, the TPM2, a new &ldquo;Trusted Platform Module&rdquo;,
+really does support remote attestation and DRM.  The threat I warned
+about in 2002 has become terrifyingly real.
+
 <hr class="no-display" />
 <div class="edu-note c"><p id="fsfs">This essay is published in
 <a href="https://shop.fsf.org/product/free-software-free-society/";><cite>Free
@@ -333,7 +339,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2021/09/11 09:37:22 $
+$Date: 2023/03/31 23:30:39 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>



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