[Cryptography] Apple 3rd Party dilemma

Ralf Senderek crypto at senderek.ie
Sat Feb 20 06:17:31 EST 2016


On Fri, 19 Feb 2016 Henry Baker writes:

> Doesn't anyone else think that the "TPM" ("Trusted Platform Module") is
> completely insane, since it doesn't trust the computer's own owner?
>
> Computer & phone customers have to DEMAND that they OWN their own devices.

Exactly. And that does not only apply to hardware. People must also 
demand that they have the ability in software to reliably cancel access to
private information stored on the devices they OWN. If encryption is used
to protect their information the software they use (and don't own) must
give them sole control to the encryption keys, which in essence means that
they cannot use a 3rd Party to do the encryption for them with no role of
their own in the process.

     --ralf


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