Windows 11: TPMs and Digital Sovereignty

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For the time being, it looks like Microsoft is 'somewhat' listening to the backlash in regards to the requirements, specifically the TPM 2.0 requirement for Windows 11. The new insider build has the requirement removed for now but they tried to justify its use in a new blog post. However, I think the post really helps show how out of touch they are in regards to why they are trying to require it in the first place with quotes like this:

Windows 11 raises the bar for security by requiring hardware that can enable protections like Windows Hello, Device Encryption, virtualization-based security (VBS), hypervisor-protected code integrity (HVCI) and Secure Boot. The combination of these features has been shown to reduce malware by 60% on tested devices.

Which implies anyone/everyone with Windows 8.1/10 that had support for thos stuff used it. Can't say I would even agree to them saying that 60% of the users on Windows 10 make use of things like Windows Hello or even have a device capable of doing it. Let alone using things like drive encryption or similar. General home users aren't using these things, or even know how to use them most of the time.

New requirements are listed here for now along with their reasonings behind them:

https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2021/06/28/update-on-windows-11-minimum-system-requirements/

Given that all of these dumb requirements can already be bypassed pretty easily, and will continue to be bypassed, it wont do anything in a positive manner besides having people look for means/methods of getting around the dumb nonsense they want to try to force. For example, other requirements they wanted to push is that Windows Hello (and in turn an HD web camera) are required by any partner OEM that plans to ship new laptops with Windows 11 pre-installed.

Stuff like this being on-by-default and used by non-computer literate people just means more telemetry data for MS to collect and bank off of. Their requirements aren't made for security, or stability, it's entirely based around money.