Linus Torvalds suggests disabling AMD's "stupid" fTPM to solve a persistent stuttering issue
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In a characteristically outspoken manner, Torvalds told his colleagues to "disable the stupid fTPM HWRND thing" since the fixes that have been rolled out have largely been...

Linus Torvalds suggests disabling AMD’s ‘stupid’ fTPM to solve a persistent stuttering issue | The problem affects Ryzen-based PCs running both Windows and Linux::undefined

    • 3v1n0@feddit.itEnglish
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      1 year ago

      It’s not just for that. It’s useful also for allowing storing your data safely. For example to keep fingerprints safe or other similar information.

      • buckykat@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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        1 year ago

        If it was for that, it’d be locked with my keys, not some megacorp’s. The concept of treacherous computing is to let the corpos trust your computer to betray you for their profits.