Yes for DRM
Yes for DRM
Posted Aug 8, 2025 18:56 UTC (Fri) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523)In reply to: Yes for DRM by excors
Parent article: Don't fear the TPM
TPMs are not well-suited for remote attestation. They can attest that the running software is the same as it was at some point in the past, but you can't pre-compute the expected hash values for an arbitrary PC.
This is fine if your goal is to protect a corporate laptop, as you can guarantee that you install the software in a clean environment. But a dedicated cheater can start subverting the system during the installation so it's _never_ in a clean slate state.
Though it certainly makes attacks much more complicated, which is the end-goal for the anti-cheat protections.
