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[-] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 93 points 2 years ago

I guess if you don't know what a rootkit is it could seem like one.

[-] c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world 39 points 2 years ago

This is the calmest, most insulting thing you could have possibly said.

[-] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

Thanks, often that's what I'm going for.

[-] PixxlMan@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

Yeah. This meme makes no sense..

Let's avoid misinforming people please. The reality is bad enough, no need to start lying and deceiving

[-] sounddrill@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz 8 points 2 years ago

But the meme has the right intention. Google WILL deploy a rootkit to make it make sense

[-] MooseBoys@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

While WEI definitely doesn’t qualify as a rootkit itself, any useful attester is going to require aspects of one - whether it’s a phone asserting that it hasn’t been rooted, or a PC running with approved SecureBoot and TPM keys.

[-] Spudwart@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

There’s no way to say this one way or the other until it’s implemented.

However to “verify” a system from a hardware level to any decent level of accuracy would require kernel level access.

Technically you’re correct, until you’re not.

[-] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

That's still not what a rootkit is. Lol

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