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mindslighttoday at 12:23 PM0 repliesview on HN

> Note that this has nothing to do with open source; it's perfectly fine to release the source code for the relevant software. You can even allow for reproducible builds and full auditability if that's what you want.

But note that it does have everything to do with software freedom. Being able to read the source is little consolation if you're unable to modify it. And preventing users from using modified software is the entire point of remote attestation.

"Zero-Knowledge Proof" based schemes for this problem is nothing more than a marketing scheme by Google to continue locking down devices and the previously-open web ala WEI, SafetyNet, etc. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48760232