So I was installing #ubuntu 24.04 on a new test computer to see if I can run my research lab on #Linux yet. One of the options in the installer was to use hardware backed ( #tpm) encryption like bitlocker.

But what is this? It doesn't ask me a passphrase like #LUKS always did. If it's automatically decrypting at boot what attack is it preventing?

I guess I never understood #bitlocker either; is it just for trying to mount the disk from another computer?

So I was installing #ubuntu 24.04 on a new test computer to see if I can run my research lab on #Linux yet. One of the options in the installer was to use hardware backed ( #tpm) encryption like bitlocker.

But what is this? It doesn't ask me a passphrase like #LUKS always did. If it's automatically decrypting at boot what attack is it preventing?

I guess I never understood #bitlocker either; is it just for trying to mount the disk from another computer?

TPM on Embedded Systems: Pitfalls and Caveats to Watch Out For

https://sigma-star.at/blog/2026/01/tpm-on-embedded-systems-pitfalls-and-caveats/

#HackerNews #TPM #EmbeddedSystems #Security #Pitfalls #Caveats #TechNews

Don't fear the TPM
https://lwn.net/Articles/1032026/

#TPM #cryptography

Don't fear the TPM
https://lwn.net/Articles/1032026/

#TPM #cryptography

"After destroying the Māori Party by putting his ego in front of the waka and pursuing a needless leadership challenge inside te Pati Māori, Tākuta Ferris is now lecturing Labour on how to win the election?"

#BomberBradbury, 2025

https://thedailyblog.co.nz/2025/11/29/takuta-ferris-destroys-maori-party-and-now-lectures-labour-on-politics-the-audacity-of-this-guy/

Still running JT's propaganda line I see Bomber, just like you did for KDC and the Internet Party. How did that one work out for us?

(1/?)

#NZPolitics #NZElection2026 #TPM

#Incus impressed me as a #Proxmox alternative, but #IncusOS? That’s the next evolution!

IncusOS comes with all the missing things like ARM64 (aarch64) support, boot safety, full disk encryption, immutable images (read-only and signed) and fully locked down to operate in API only mode.

For me, it’s a mix of #Talos, #Harvester and Proxmox where it merges the best features of all ones!

Tags: #PVE #Virtualization #Containerization #Container #Containers #Linux #Debian #ARM64 #aarch64 #opensource #security #immutable #foss #LXC #LXD #VM #VPS #Immutable #secureboot #TPM

Blog post: https://gyptazy.com/incusos-a-platform-for-modern-virtualization-containerization-infrastructure/

#Incus impressed me as a #Proxmox alternative, but #IncusOS? That’s the next evolution!

IncusOS comes with all the missing things like ARM64 (aarch64) support, boot safety, full disk encryption, immutable images (read-only and signed) and fully locked down to operate in API only mode.

For me, it’s a mix of #Talos, #Harvester and Proxmox where it merges the best features of all ones!

Tags: #PVE #Virtualization #Containerization #Container #Containers #Linux #Debian #ARM64 #aarch64 #opensource #security #immutable #foss #LXC #LXD #VM #VPS #Immutable #secureboot #TPM

Blog post: https://gyptazy.com/incusos-a-platform-for-modern-virtualization-containerization-infrastructure/

I'm mystified by Takuta Ferris doubling down on his attacks on non-Māori Labour members supporting their party's candidate. What could he possibly think he's going to achieve with this?

Ferris has numerous things to apologise for. Let's go through a few of them.

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#NZPolitics#TPM#TakutaFerris

Interesting summary from Jonathan McDowell's talk at #debconf about "Don't fear the #TPM" https://lwn.net/Articles/1032026/

#Watching a #MentalOutlaw video that mentions the TPM 2.0 module in the official hardware requirements for Windows 11;

https://tube.archworks.co/w/7e5mfUDxPTxEWJqW7c3Bpz

As you might have guessed, I have thoughts.

TL;DR You don't need to buy a TPM module, or new hardware that has one. Keep your existing PC and replace MS Widows with a reputable GNU/Linux OS. It'll keep working for years with guaranteed software updates, and no viruses, and it'll probably run faster,

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#MicroSoft#Windows#Windows11#TPM #TPM2

“Like so many of their generation, because of the trauma and suffering experienced at the hands of our then government, they never spoke te reo to us, their mokopuna, even on our marae.” — Takutai Tarsh Kemp, Te Pāti Māori MP who passed away last week. #Māori#Indigedon#Aotearoa#TakutaiMoanaNatashaKemp#TPM#MoeMaiRaa#ETangata

https://e-tangata.co.nz/reflections/takutai-tarsh-kemp-a-grassroots-marae-girl/

“Like so many of their generation, because of the trauma and suffering experienced at the hands of our then government, they never spoke te reo to us, their mokopuna, even on our marae.” — Takutai Tarsh Kemp, Te Pāti Māori MP who passed away last week. #Māori#Indigedon#Aotearoa#TakutaiMoanaNatashaKemp#TPM#MoeMaiRaa#ETangata

https://e-tangata.co.nz/reflections/takutai-tarsh-kemp-a-grassroots-marae-girl/

"Te Pāti Māori isn't a race-based party. We are a rights-based party, and Te Tiriti o Waitangi protects the rights of everybody here in Aotearoa, not just Māori. And so don't get us wrong. Te Tiriti o Waitangi will protect you, it will protect me, it will protect our mokopuna.

#RawiriWaititi, Co-Leader, #TePātiMāori, 2025

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/pat-brittenden/episodes/BHN-Te-Paati-Mori-co-leaders-Debbie-Ngarewa-Packer-and-Rawiri-Waititi-LIVE-for-the-whole-show-e33dv69

#podcasts#BlindfishMedia #BigHairyNews #BHN#TPM

"A Tiriti-centric Aotearoa is; everybody is fed, everybody is housed, everybody is cared for, and everybody is welcome."

#RawiriWaititi, Co-Leader, #TePātiMāori, 2025

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/pat-brittenden/episodes/BHN-Te-Paati-Mori-co-leaders-Debbie-Ngarewa-Packer-and-Rawiri-Waititi-LIVE-for-the-whole-show-e33dv69

#podcasts#BlindfishMedia #BigHairyNews #BHN#TPM #TeTiritiOWaitangi

"284,000 empty homes."

#DebbieNgarewaPacker, 2025

"That's two homes per every homeless person in this country."

#RawiriWaititi, 2025

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/pat-brittenden/episodes/BHN-Te-Paati-Mori-co-leaders-Debbie-Ngarewa-Packer-and-Rawiri-Waititi-LIVE-for-the-whole-show-e33dv69

#podcasts#BlindfishMedia #BigHairyNews #BHN#TPM#TePātiMāori #housing#HousingCrisis