▲ 317 ▼ Denuvo has been broken (www.tomshardware.com) submitted 5 months ago by Encephalotrocity@feddit.online to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 43 comments fedilink hide all child comments Company promises countermeasures against new DRM bypasses — zero-day game releases become norm as security concerns mount over hypervisor-based bypass
[–] alakey@piefed.social 73 points 5 months ago (2 children) First 4 are disabled on unsupported systems anyway (4 is also sometimes disabled to squeeze out gaming performance), but 5 is scary as hell. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] upstroke4448@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 5 months ago (1 child) Windows forcing users to have to pay extra for what should be default security features has always been an awful practice. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children) The only one of those that is locked behind a specific Windows edition is Credential Guard, which only works on Enterprise and Education because it has to do with auth tokens of the domain, not local windows login AFAIK The rest are locked behind hardware features like TPM and UEFI settings like secure boot. I hate Microslop as much as the next person, but they do actually try to push their security features on everyone because of the reputation they've had as the most insecure OS. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] D06M4@lemmy.zip 10 points 5 months ago (1 child) If Microsoft were honest they'd change the name from Windows to Backdoors. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 7 points 5 months ago No backdoors here! But the windows are all wide open and on the ground floor. permalink fedilink source parent [–] upstroke4448@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 months ago* Windows home edition does not even fully support bitlocker. You can't say they are seriously trying to push security when they don't even offer their full disk encryption capabilities to their home users. permalink fedilink source parent [–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 4 points 5 months ago If the Russian Mafia can do it, theoretically so can you. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] upstroke4448@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 5 months ago (1 child) Windows forcing users to have to pay extra for what should be default security features has always been an awful practice. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children) The only one of those that is locked behind a specific Windows edition is Credential Guard, which only works on Enterprise and Education because it has to do with auth tokens of the domain, not local windows login AFAIK The rest are locked behind hardware features like TPM and UEFI settings like secure boot. I hate Microslop as much as the next person, but they do actually try to push their security features on everyone because of the reputation they've had as the most insecure OS. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] D06M4@lemmy.zip 10 points 5 months ago (1 child) If Microsoft were honest they'd change the name from Windows to Backdoors. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 7 points 5 months ago No backdoors here! But the windows are all wide open and on the ground floor. permalink fedilink source parent [–] upstroke4448@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 months ago* Windows home edition does not even fully support bitlocker. You can't say they are seriously trying to push security when they don't even offer their full disk encryption capabilities to their home users. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children) The only one of those that is locked behind a specific Windows edition is Credential Guard, which only works on Enterprise and Education because it has to do with auth tokens of the domain, not local windows login AFAIK The rest are locked behind hardware features like TPM and UEFI settings like secure boot. I hate Microslop as much as the next person, but they do actually try to push their security features on everyone because of the reputation they've had as the most insecure OS. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] D06M4@lemmy.zip 10 points 5 months ago (1 child) If Microsoft were honest they'd change the name from Windows to Backdoors. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 7 points 5 months ago No backdoors here! But the windows are all wide open and on the ground floor. permalink fedilink source parent [–] upstroke4448@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 months ago* Windows home edition does not even fully support bitlocker. You can't say they are seriously trying to push security when they don't even offer their full disk encryption capabilities to their home users. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] D06M4@lemmy.zip 10 points 5 months ago (1 child) If Microsoft were honest they'd change the name from Windows to Backdoors. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 7 points 5 months ago No backdoors here! But the windows are all wide open and on the ground floor. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 7 points 5 months ago No backdoors here! But the windows are all wide open and on the ground floor. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] upstroke4448@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 months ago* Windows home edition does not even fully support bitlocker. You can't say they are seriously trying to push security when they don't even offer their full disk encryption capabilities to their home users. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 4 points 5 months ago If the Russian Mafia can do it, theoretically so can you. permalink fedilink source parent