in what sense is it pointless? If the attacker can’t log into the system, and can’t modify the boot process without invalidating the TPM, then so long as the T

in what sense is it pointless? If the attacker can’t log into the system, and can’t modify the boot process without invalidating the TPM, then so long as the TPM is reasonably tamper proof it’s perfectly sufficient for the 99% use case for full disk encryption - a stolen laptop