This article goes more into how EAC for Linux is being altered. Basically EAC can run with ring 0 access on windows machines to prevent cheats, but on Linux it doesn’t have the same level of invasive access. This is better for user privacy, but also limits its ability to prevent cheating.
The upcoming EAC Linux v2 will fall into a middle ground between the two, and will require the kernel to be signed with a key Epic recognizes. The system will also have to have TPM 2.0 and secure boot enabled. I recommend reading the article for more details.
Does TPM and secure boot mean the same processors that windows 11 needs?
No. There are 2 ways to get TPM. The TPM Chip and the eTPM built into most modern CPU’s. There were CPU’s that met the SecureBoot/TPM features for Win 11 buy failed in other respects so it would say the CPU failed. Also for CPU’s that did fail the TPM check, you can get the TPM Chip on a module for your motherboard. But that is only if you are OK with TPM/SecureBoot because there are a myriad of reasons like when active it can be fingerprinted to defeat your anonymity when using VPNs and it can be used to track you. Also they have been several severe exploits found in TPM and SecureBoot because the code is not maintained as often as it is supposed to be to be kept secure.
It is one of the key reasons I am on Linux right now and I plan Windows 10 to be my last Windows PC build as a daily driver. I am not enabling that Microsoft BS on my Linux PC to play a game.
Got a source for how secure boot can be used to track you? Presumably if something can fingerprint your secureboot setup, they can fingerprint your CPU hwid directly.
Also TailsOS includes secure boot support, so it wouldn’t make sense to enable if it allowed fingerprinting
Sure https://bfy.tw/UXmE
What a condescending post. Do you think I didn’t search? Your link only returns 1 article that talks about it, and it doesn’t go into any details.
You could have said directly that it’s the TPM Endorsement Key that is used as a fingerprint. However, the article doesn’t explain why nor how it could be used to track you through a VPN, and neither did you.
AFAIK, if you are in a position where the TPM can be probed for the key, it’s already game over as they can just query the CPU hardware id.
Short answer is yes, but that was Microsoft’s decision on Windows killing off many desktops, most folks who use Linux will likely see through Epic Games nonsense and avoid using it.