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UK to Criminalize Possession of “sophisticated encrypted communication devices” (assets.publishing.service.gov.uk)

submitted 2 years ago by yogthos@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] knfrmity@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Microsoft is going the way of "controlled computing" by requiring things like TPM and Secure Boot. Once the hardware and OS (Win 11) are used by enough people they can start blocking access to certain features and even online content for any device which doesn't have Microsoft approved hardware and OS. They tried this way back twenty years ago and the community pushed back enough that they dropped the idea, but now it's back and stronger than ever.