Microsoft's Use of Pluton Suggests It Sees PC Owners as the Enemy
The strongest part of the article is piecing together the motivation and purpose behind Pluton:<p><i>In order to perhaps peek behind Microsoft&#x27;s curtain a bit, let us look at what Pluton was designed to accomplish. When Microsoft announced Pluton in 2020, it said, &quot;The Pluton design was introduced as part of the integrated hardware and OS security capabilities in the Xbox One console&quot; [..]<p>But, what is the source of these physical attacks? Who are the attackers? As stated above, the Pluton design evolved from work done to prevent successful attacks against the Xbox One. Here is what Tony Chen, Xbox One&#x27;s lead software engineer explained<p>&quot;I want to talk to you about what we did on Xbox One to guard against physical attacks. [..] Ever since the very first Atari game console, for decades and decades, every game console maker has had their console been hacked such that people can play pirated games. [..] I&#x27;m proud to say that the Xbox One, which was shipped in 2013 for the last six years, at least we have not seen any evidence that anyone was able to break it for piracy or cheating&quot;</i><p>In sum, it was designed to provide security <i>against</i> the owner. And all the defense of Pluton&#x2F;TPM rests on persuading you that it won&#x27;t be used for what it was designed and built for.