luna the doggie  1d ago
The Linux age verification shit where suddenly upstreams everyone relies on are complying in advance is just another day of US having disproportionate power in setting standards for tech that everyone then has to follow.
Show threadluna the doggie  1d ago
DNS? the root of control is in the USA, most gTLDs owned by huge corporations.

TPM2? doesn't support arbitrary EC curve parameters as a baseline entirely because only supporting the NSA ones makes it easier to comply with US export control laws for companies based there.

there's probably a lot more but this is just off the top of my head

I heard opinions that with a lot of standards initiatives decisions are largely made during in-person meetings in the US so if you cannot participate for any reason your voice is excluded. Seems about right seeing how everything looks like.
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@lunareclipse
DNS has a lot of tools in it's environment to safeguard from that. Basic adblocking for instance.

Tools good and bad, but kind of goes with the territory of an old, open protocol.

TPM in Linux at least can be not used and it's harder to get rid of, unless you have it on a separate daughterboard. Unless it can be desoldered.

Yet I do agree that both are status quo problems problems.

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@dzwiedziu not using TPM isn't a solution, TPMs are a useful tool and I am specifically pissed about the implementation details in ones that aren't custom made for some other governments are very US-centric
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@lunareclipse
So… you've just handed me a rabbit hole to dig in, as I'm reading up on DIY TPMs and limits on TPM chips themselves.