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Whaaaaat?!?!?!?!?
I honestly hadn't looked into it and thought it was some sort of secure key management for any crypto process?
Maybe it is as well, but fuck hardware banning.
prpgrams basically use it for authentication, it has other uses too, but is effectively a tool to verify if the computer is the correct person, as no other device would be capable of immitating and create the message they sent. because of that, its effectively a hardware ID, attached to the tpm module, or more commonly for consumers, the CPU.
banning said device would effectively be a hardware ban. which would be used by compeotitive online games to dissuade cheaters an evergrowing problem with lack of solutions.
I imagine that could get pretty dystopian pretty quickly.
Permanently block the CPU from the internet through a shared ISP ban list?
the person writing the software would have to allow for the check to happen i would think. the only game im aware that actively uses it is Valorant.