Yuritopiaposadism [none/use name] to games • 9 months agoNintendo knows it can't prove emulation is illegal, but its latest tactic is very effective at knocking out sources of Switch piracyexternal-linkmessage-square14 fedilinkarrow-up193
arrow-up193external-linkNintendo knows it can't prove emulation is illegal, but its latest tactic is very effective at knocking out sources of Switch piracyYuritopiaposadism [none/use name] to games • 9 months agomessage-square14 Commentsfedilink
minus-squareMoonworm [any]hexbear10·9 months ago"When a game is started on the Nintendo Switch console a Game TPM is decrypted using cryptographic keys that are protected by Console TPMs. The games themselves can then be decrypted by the decrypted Game TPMs so the game can be played." Statements dreamed up by the utterly deranged. link
minus-squareMajinBlayze [any, he/him]hexbear2·9 months agoIt's called a "Key Encryption Key" or KEK (yes, really) It's not exactly a new concept in cryptography. https://csrc.nist.gov/glossary/term/key_encryption_key link
"When a game is started on the Nintendo Switch console a Game TPM is decrypted using cryptographic keys that are protected by Console TPMs. The games themselves can then be decrypted by the decrypted Game TPMs so the game can be played."
Statements dreamed up by the utterly deranged.
It's called a "Key Encryption Key" or KEK (yes, really)
It's not exactly a new concept in cryptography.
https://csrc.nist.gov/glossary/term/key_encryption_key