The "
fine print" is getting ever more ominous.
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Microsoft announced yesterday that Windows 11 will require TPM (Trusted Platform Module) chips on existing and new devices. It’s a significant hardware change that has been years in the making, but Microsoft’s messy way of communicating this has left many confused about whether their hardware is compatible. What is a TPM, and why do you need one for Windows 11 anyway?
This is actually quite troubling. Remember that Windows 10 was touted as the "
final" version? Somewhere along the Windows evolution we had
"secure boot" forced down our throats. For Linux users, "
secure boot" has been a major pain. Additionally at the time it was implemented, the conspiracy theory angle was that "
secure boot" was an attempt by Microsoft to cripple Linux. Whether that is true or not, I don't know. But at the time, "
secure boot" was supposed to solve, to a degree, security issues. Evidently "
secure boot" must not have really worked and could now be labeled as a "
failure". So Microsoft now a new razzle-dazzle security $$$ device that they plan to once again being forced down our throats as another "
solution" that will be immediately hacked.
Actually this brings-up a the very serious question:
By what right does a software manufacture posses to dictate to a hardware company how they will manufacture a particular product?
This could be considered restraint of trade by Microsoft to create barriers of entry for competitors, such as the Linux community. Recall that Microsoft used its monopoly power to put
DR-DOS out of business.