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Microsoft Pluton - How bad is this on a new Intel/AMD laptop running Linux?
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Vendors are no longer actively implementing the pluton spec. It's not in itself equivalent to Intel ME, whereas something like platform security processor (aka PSP - based on ARM TrustZone) could be considered a closer equivalent.
can you please explain in a little more depth? are you saying pluton is basically dead in the water and is likely to disappear from implementations in silicon in the near future?
Pluton capable hardware is present on a wide range of contemporary IHV offerings (requires TPM2 hw on the SoC) but OEMs selling devices with these don't seem remotely interested in enabling it.
Vendor uptake has been minimal, and participating vendors seem to have changed their minds and stopped, though I don't think this will affect hw implementation as that wasn't really governed by Microsoft to begin with.