Re: future of dual booting Windows and Fedora, redux

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Chris Murphy wrote:
> Summary: Windows 10/11 increasingly enables Bitlocker (full disk
> encryption) out of the box with the encryption key sealed in the TPM.
[…]
> The Bitlocker encryption key is unsealed only if the boot chain
> measurement by the TPM matches the expected values in a TPM PCR.

So, basically, they set up things without the user's knowledge so that the 
user's data can only be decrypted from Windows, only when booted directly, 
and only with Restricted Boot enabled. Does that not fit the definition of 
ransomware? Treacherous Computing at its finest… Does anyone still believe 
that all this is about security?

        Kevin Kofler
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