[Arm-netbook] Pluton: M$ firmware and TPM to be built into your processor...

[David Niklas]

Hi,
It has been a while since I posted. Today I have bad news. Apparently, M$
has been working with AMD, Intel, and Qualcomm to place a new type of
TPM into their CPUs, APUs, and SoCs. It's already inside of the new XBox
processors.
It runs firmware which is, according to M$, produced by them.

Here's an official link, and a tech site link for those of you who don't
want to visit M$'s site.

https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2020/11/17/meet-the-microsoft-pluton-processor-the-security-chip-designed-for-the-future-of-windows-pcs/

https://www.anandtech.com/show/16269/microsoft-pluton-hardware-security-coming-to-our-cpus-amd-intel-qualcomm

I've done some research googling, but at this stage the data on what sort
of access this new processor has and what it can do is anyones best guess.

It sounds like the firmware might have unrestricted Internet access: "One
of the other major security problems solved by Pluton is keeping the
system firmware up to date across the entire PC ecosystem."

I hope I'm panicking unnecessarily...
David