Absolutely that is future, you are right on. Witness ARM's "trust zone", Intel's SGX, chip vendors all over the place are making secure boot standard even for t

Absolutely that is future, you are right on. Witness ARM's "trust zone", Intel's SGX, chip vendors all over the place are making secure boot standard even for the lowest end micros. TPMs have been standard in laptops for almost a decade now. It's no longer optional to do key protection.