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Upgrade your desktop: Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS is now available

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bArray · 1790777875 · focus · HN ↗
> TPM-backed full-disk encryption is now generally available in the Ubuntu installer. By tying encryption to the TPM security chip, disk encryption is bound to a specific device, significantly raising the bar for physical access attacks while improving the user experience.
That's great, but they are also intending to comply with the OS-level age verification [1]. Initial implementations will somehow be privacy protecting, but eventually the temptation to tie a specific person to an OS fingerprint will become too great.
[1] <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/LinusTechTips/comments/1rk4fj7/ubuntu_is_planning_to_comply_with_age/" rel="nofollow">https://www.reddit.com/r/LinusTechTips/comments/1rk4fj7/ubun...
1. jeroenhd · 1790779789 · focus · HN ↗
  How is that even remotely related?
  The Linux implementation I've seen is the Freedesktop implementation that just responds to a user profile flag. There's no cryptography involved, it's just like asking for a room number like the adduser command does.
  Edit: well except American states don't flag your operating system as illegal unless they ask for your room number. Canonical and all the other Linux companies really like being able to make money and not spend all of their earnings on lawyers.

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