> The death of Open Source email, chat and messaging apps?
Not if you compile it yourself. Clearly bullish for gentoo and arch users.
Not if you compile it yourself. Clearly bullish for gentoo and arch users.
Computers are going to become more like cell phones with locked bootloaders. TPM is already a mandatory feature thanks to Windows 11.
No, but they might ban "bespoke" devices.[0] Maybe you're smart and brave enough to build and maintain your own illegal device, but good luck trying to persuade other people to do the same so that you can communicate with them securely online. Also, the government might force ISPs to block access to devices that don't pass remote attestation checks.
[0] https://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/2023/02/my-comment-uk-gov...