Re: Microsoft Flip-Flops on Win11 requirements

On 13/12/2024 17:08, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

The problem wasn't so much the TPM requirement; it was that Microsoft
was actively shutting down attempts to bypass it by people who -for
whatever reason- didn't have supported hardware. I/like/ this new
solution. It puts a banner on the screen reminding people that they're
running on unsupported hardware and any risks are THEIR fault but
still allowing them the freedom to do so. And although that banner can
be disabled, it very likely will be automatically RE-ENABLED with
every update, which will discourage OEMs from trying to sneak around
the requirement.

Agreed and also not considering how many users have the hardware but not enabled. The idea is perfectly good as it provides a better level of security so you can isolate RED cryptographic keys from the OS itself. Oh dear, that key that is no longer needed has ended up being accessed by some other completely unrelated process, that's not good. The idea has been around for a long time and overall it's nice that it's made an appearance in Windows.