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>>foodst+(OP)
The fearmongering about Pluton feels very similar to the criticism that was levied against UEFI Secure Boot when it was being debuted. In the end, x86 systems didn't become any more locked down.

I predict that this will blow over, and won't be a big deal in a few years time once FOSS drivers for what is effectively just a new breed of TPM are released.

If in five years, it turns out I was wrong, I'll eat my hat. Although defining "my hat" by then might be difficult, as it'll probably be subscription based.

>>messe+sa
>to the criticism that was levied against UEFI Secure Boot when it was being debuted

...or the fearmongering from up last year regarding TPM and windows 11. People were going hysterical over the thought that TPM might be used for DRM, not realizing that they're already running hardware that does exactly that (intel SGX, amd PSP).

>>gruez+bc
Is your argument that things are bad, so who cares if they get worse?