Without being a purveyor of fearful conspiracy theories, yet since industry has increasingly become an arm of liberal censorship and control, then wisdom warrants being somewhat wary of the MS requirement for TMP to be enabled for its upgrade to Windows 11.
Wikipedia informs,
"Trusted Platform Module (TPM, also known as ISO/IEC 11889) is an international standard for a secure cryptoprocessor, a dedicated microcontroller designed to secure hardware through integrated cryptographic keys."
But which also includes,
"TCG has faced resistance to the deployment of this technology in some areas, where some authors see possible uses not specifically related to Trusted Computing, which may raise privacy concerns. The concerns include the abuse of remote validation of software (where the manufacturer—and not the user who owns the computer system—decides what software is allowed to run) and possible ways to follow actions taken by the user being recorded in a database, in a manner that is completely undetectable to the user.[48]" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_Platform_Module#Reception)
Concerning this risk of abuse of remote validation is the warning of gaming fans (which I certainly am not but the warning applies to all control that can be implemented):
"Using TPM to enforce anti-cheating provisions is an interesting idea, but it could come with some significant downsides for user privacy and anonymity.... Each TPM has a burned-in RSA key that cannot be changed. Ban the RSA key, and you ban the entire machine."
"Microsoft’s TPM 2.0 requirement in Windows 11 ties your system to a single encryption key that can be read to identify that PC, specifically. It can theoretically be used as part of a DRM [or politically correct] authentication scheme to confirm you have the right to access content."
"While disabling Secure Boot will not wipe a PC, removing an existing TPM module will make a drive unreadable unless it is decrypted first. Additionally, this “workaround” is only possible on motherboards that support a separate TPM header/module. If the end-user’s TPM support is built directly into the UEFI, as is typical, you’d need a new physical UEFI chip (assuming it can be swapped) or an entirely new motherboard,"
"Forcing every computer to authenticate through a hardware module whose authentication key cannot be changed may stop cheaters, but it also provides a much more effective method of monitoring what people say and do online. China, for example, is now heavily restricting the amount of time children can game in part by requiring game developers to implement facial recognition software. It’s implemented a social credit spying system that monitors and grades what citizens do and say online." (https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/326740-riot-will-use-windows-11s-tpm-2-0-requirement-to-ban-cheaters-from-valorant_
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