I will finally get a new PC after quite a few years, and am wondering about the title question. Not planning on using Win 11 any time soon, which I believe requires it. I will probably still use the same high seas win 10 for the foreseeable future.
I have heard quite a few people suggesting to check if TPM is enabled in the BIOS, and to disable it if it is because of privacy concerns.
Thoughts?
AFAIK there’s nothing for AM5. Some AM4 motherboards have an option to disable PSP, but it’s basically on the honor code that it’s actually disabled. PSP is necessary for the CPU to even start due to the way it’s designed so it’s not like it can be completely disabled.
There are also some ways to get rid of parts of the PSP code on some older CPUs.
If you want both modern and free of this shit you’re looking at either expensive and underpowered POWER architecture machines or RISC V SBCs.