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They announced prototype production (2022): #62266
Then announced testing (2023): #140755
AMA with stick where it's talked about some (2022): #37956
AMA with hynek where it's also talked about some (2023): #174289
It will win just because is open source
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Implementing TROPIC01 into your system protects assets and manages cryptographic functions, lightening the load of your micro controller unit (MCU) and eliminate vulnerabilities by dramatically reducing the attack surface.
dramatically?
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You're quite right to question this.
Unless they've significantly changed the product since last time I talked to them it's just a chip that does blind signing. It can prevent a key from being leaked, hopefully. But it can't really prevent a key from being misused. Which in most circumstances is pretty much just as bad.
Now, if you could actually run code on the chip and get a remotely verifiable attestation that the code was run correctly, it could be more useful. But it can't. It just blindly signs things provided to it.
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What do you want to protect against precisely? "Key misuse" as in it signed a blob it shouldn't have signed?
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