> If Microsoft truly believes that encrypting your drive is going to stop Moldovan teenagers from hitting your PC with ransomware, maybe a TPM is the solution.

> If Microsoft truly believes that encrypting your drive is going to stop Moldovan teenagers from hitting your PC with ransomware, maybe a TPM is the solution. After all, security is all about feelings rather than safety. If “encryption at rest” makes consumers feel at ease, so be it. Tangent on this point: the TPM is obviously useful for corporate users who want hassle-free encryption at rest, but also massively lucrative for software publishers seeking to implement DRM.