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by venomsnake 4035 days ago
> AMD Secure Processor

Can anyone explain how this works and why should a user want it? It seems like a DRM on your device.
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TazeTSchnitzel 4035 days ago
You could use it for DRM, yes, but that's not the sole use. The point is to put cryptographic keys and secret information somewhere out of direct reach of the CPU, to keep it more secure. An an example: Apple's iPhone stores all fingerprint data exclusively in its secure module.
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venomsnake 4035 days ago
Somebody other than the user to put it there. Because if user puts it there, he can read it too. Or is there something I don't understand?
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bryanlarsen 4035 days ago
No, it's write-only. You can ask "does this fingerprint match the one I stored earlier?", but you can't read out the original fingerprint.
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TazeTSchnitzel 4035 days ago
> Somebody other than the user to put it there.

No, the user can install software on the chip.

> Because if user puts it there, he can read it too.

Not all communications links are two-way.

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Qantourisc 4035 days ago
I'm afraid some users accept DRM, also some business can require it for internal purposes. Personally I consider the existence a thread.
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