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[v16] devicetrust: don't invoke powershell when reading system information#50454

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The device trust web flow can result in a web browser launching Teleport Connect (which launches tsh, which in turn launches powershell).

Some antivirus solutions flag cases where a powershell process is a descendent of a web browser process. In order to avoid being blocked by the antivirus software, we want to read system information directly instead of via powershell.

Backports #50372

Changelog: Fixed an issue that could cause some antivirus tools to block Teleport's Device Trust feature on Windows machines.

The device trust web flow can result in a web browser launching
Teleport Connect (which launches tsh, which in turn launches
powershell).

Some antivirus solutions flag cases where a powershell process is
a descendent of a web browser process. In order to avoid being
blocked by the antivirus software, we want to read system information
directly instead of via powershell.
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