Hardware key storage is a low level security primitive. Both Android and iOS have mandated it for far longer. It's a low level security primitive that enables a lot of scenarios, not just DRM.

For example - it's not possible to protect SSH keys from malware that achieves root without hardware storage. Only hardware storage can offer the "Unplug It" guarantee - that unplugging a compromised machine ends the compromise.

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anthk 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

9front with factotum tells a different story.

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LtWorf 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

If you want to protect keys you get a yubikey or something like that.

	▲	will4274 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		And if you want to play sound, you buy a sound card. Computers integrate components that approximately everybody needs. Hardware storage for keys is just the latest example

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CrossVR 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Ah yes Android and iOS, they have truly become bastions of user freedom since mandating secure enclaves. That really puts my worries to rest. /s

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hollerith 3 hours ago | parent [-]

User freedom is not the only axis by which we judge operating systems.

	▲	CrossVR an hour ago \| parent [-]
		It is not, but to me personally it is a very important one and it is not one I will give up without a fight.