TPM is used overwhelmingly to protect media conglomerates

TPM is used overwhelmingly to protect media conglomerates.

While TPM has legitimate uses and could theoretically benefit user security if handled through free software, it is overwhelmingly used not to protect its actual users, but media conglomerates. Today, most of the major streaming media platforms utilize the TPM to decrypt media streams, forcefully placing the decryption out of the user's control. Why then require a TPM? It's easy: by offloading the decryption to a separate piece of hardware running its own software, media companies can ensure that users won't try to access the files streaming through their own machines.

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