And all of this makes zero sense, given that anybody can simply tap the TPM chip itself. All x86 TPMs are effectively pwned, and useless for their stated appli

And all of this makes zero sense, given that anybody can simply tap the TPM chip itself. All x86 TPMs are effectively pwned, and useless for their stated application. TPM never served any real security role. Making a system fully secure against a physical attack is impossible, and looks plainly silly to anybody knowing how computers work. Even specially protected credit card chips cost only few thousand dollars to extract a key from in the numerous "firmware recovery" shops.