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immibis05/15/20250 repliesview on HN

Incidentally, biometric scans can also go in password managers. Turns out it's all just bits. Who knew?

The best you can do is attestation. Embed a certificate and private key in the TPM that says it's a real genuine FooBarCorp TPM, and sign all responses with that private key. This is terrible for the open ecosystem. It's also the only way to do the thing everyone sells their product on being able to do, so if it's allowed, then it's inevitable.