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[–] andyburke@fedia.io 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Or, if I can extract that key from the hardware, I can pretend to be that hardware whenever I want, right?

[–] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Hmmm... I was going to say no because it's asymmetric crypto, but you're right if you are somehow able to extract the signed private key, you can still lie... Good point

[–] yggstyle@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Got some bad news. They already can do that. It's a very low effort attack too. Current TPM spits its key out in clear text. Funny right?