retroneo Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 Is this true? Does the copy protection mechanism of Mac OS X no longer use TPM? This very well respected guy who has famously reverse engineered many parts of the Mac says: At the time of this writing (October 2006), the newest Apple computer models, such as the MacPro and the revis d MacBook Pro do not contain an onboard TPM. Theoretically, Apple could bring the TPM back, perhaps, if there were enough interest (after all, it is increasingly common to find TPMs in current notebook computers), but that's another story. The media has been discussin "Apple's use of TPM" for a long time now. There have been numerous reports of system attackers bypassing "Apple's TPM protection" and finding "Apple's TPM keys." Nevertheless, it is important to note that Apple does not use the TPM. http://www.osxbook.com/book/bonus/chapter10/tpm/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
semthex Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 No "real" tpm, but still some "crytho dongeling" and our friend dsmos... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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