Microsoft Calls TPM 2.0 a “Non-Negotiable” Standard for Windows, Closing the Door on Windows 11 Supporting Older Hardware

[Tsing]

Trusted Platform Module (TPM), an international standard that creator Trusted Computing Group (TCG) has described as a secure crypto-processor for establishing secure operations, will be a mandatory requirement for not only Windows 11, but all versions of the operating system going forward, according to a new blog post from Microsoft that explains how TPM 2.0, the latest iteration of the platform, is a necessity for a secure and future-proof Windows 11.

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[Zarathustra]

Maybe it is the concept of avoiding ever using Windows at all that is going to become non-negotiable?

 

[Ditchinit]

Corporations should be careful about issuing ultimatums, because consumers may just take them up on it. And then the lawsuits from the shareholders begin.

To be fair, they can do whatever they want with their product. We consumers just don't have to buy it.

And if companies want to do things with their product that is profiteering and not in the best interest of the consumer, trade regulators may step in to investigate whether a monopoly exists that should be taken down.

 

[Grimlakin]

Corporations should be careful about issuing ultimatums, because consumers may just take them up on it. And then the lawsuits from the shareholders begin.

To be fair, they can do whatever they want with their product. We consumers just don't have to buy it.

And if companies want to do things with their product that is profiteering and not in the best interest of the consumer, trade regulators may step in to investigate whether a monopoly exists that should be taken down.

Not under the coming US leadership. Unless they have bad mouthed the new ruler in chief.

 

[DrezKill]

On the plus side, disabling TPMs is one way I keep Win11 from getting on machines.

 

[Uvilla]

Corporations should be careful about issuing ultimatums, because consumers may just take them up on it. And then the lawsuits from the shareholders begin.

To be fair, they can do whatever they want with their product. We consumers just don't have to buy it.

And if companies want to do things with their product that is profiteering and not in the best interest of the consumer, trade regulators may step in to investigate whether a monopoly exists that should be taken down.

But they aint, and will give MS more money. I will admit, their products just work fine at work. Cant fault institutions for just going forward with suscriptions and all kinds of MS products. We can badmouth all we want, no one is standing up for competition, not google, not amazon, so its cant compete/wont compete.

 

[MadMummy76]

TPM, secureboot and such nonsense only ever caused me grief. Like 2FA it is a source of anxiety. What if i loose my phone or it breaks? I loose access to my accounts. I forget the encryption key I loose access to my freaking computer in case of a MB failure. I don't want it, I don't need it, it is non-negotiable.