Your Windows 11 Computer’s Hidden Spy: The Dark Truth About TPM Chips
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Always assume your computer is being monitored 100% of the time.
If you want to look up something you don't want monitored, get a separate laptop computer that you NEVER use on your home internet... then use public wifi at a restaurant, store, medical building or hospital.
Trouble is, the PC could pick up any exposed WiFi. One thing I don't like about all the internet provider modems is they have wireless built in, and it's easy enough for them to have a secret open channel. Maybe not, but I've been a tinfoil hat guy for a very long time, and way too many of my thought predictions have come to pass.
Don't get me wrong, I'm generally a tech guy, but I also have some ideas about human nature, and when Q came along, it was an easy sell because like many of us, I've been seeing the evidence for a long time.
If the PC is wifi-enabled, that is.
AFAIK, most ONT don't have wifi, that's at the router level.
We installed a whole house EMF protection product for both the house and the garage.
I also play vibrations 24 - 7 that is supposed to eliminate EMF.
What are your thoughts on what we have done?
Did you test your emf levels before and after installing this protection? EMF meters are pretty inexpensive.
I feel like a lot of those products are scams and I’m not aware of any way that vibrations can eliminate emf. I’m not saying they can’t but I’m generally interested in the topic and haven’t seen evidence of that
We did and I was surprised at the difference. I check the levels frequently, but am not sure how accurate the readings are. I can only go by what we are living in and as we are both 80 and vibrant and normal I am praying that what we are doing is keeping us "NORMAL" - Yes we tested our levels before and after and they show that indoors we are below what they consider "bad". As for the vibrations, I must include that they have kept both of us active and very cognizant. Please, look into the vibration therapy for people, especially those in the older years. They have cured many of our issues in the past few years. If you want more information let me know.
I actually thought about doing that 30 years ago (Faraday cage), but couldn't afford the time and $. Also, doesn't eliminate RF or AC noise generated inside the structure. As far as something that can be purchased to eliminate RF energy without blocking it - too many technical problems to work very well, and if it generates it's own signals, you just added more RF noise inside your home. If you're talking about power conditioners to clean up incoming AC, that will help protect sensitive electronics.
I have wonderet if all the buz against lead paint was to enable the wifi and monitoring to be able to penetrate homes
Interesting idea. Probably knocked down signals a bit. Lead paint is a health hazard, but that wasn't new information back when it was being widely used. And you don't want to sand lead paint and breathe the dust.
I am not 100% sold on the health hazard. One reason is reloading ammo is quite a bit of exposure to lead. Lead does stop radio waves and other radiation so it may need deeper digging.
Lead is a health hazard. But there are caveats that impact the intake of lead. Lead oxide is bad - very bad in that it's easy to absorb. Handling lead bullets (normally minimally available lead oxides) isn't too bad. You can wash it off, and your skin is a good barrier as long as there isn't any way to absorb the lead. The realty is most lead bullets are coated anyway - usually with wax or lube. Some have a plastic coating and then there's the jacketed varieties, all minimizing exposure.
Microsoft went from a software company to a telemetry company.
And now he is "trying" to cure our Viruses.
or make an insane amount of bullshit web queries and go absolutely batshit with inane bs, especially if you live in Canada just so you can waste CSIS's time. Hi Agent Dumpster-Ass. We see you to!
Wasting agency resources is a viable option but also do have a cold offline device if need be.
It looks like the Trusted Platform Module chip is tied in with Bitlocker. Bitlocker is only in 11 Pro.
Regardless, I think it's pretty safe to presume we're always under surveillance.
I just picked up a MS Surface Pro 7 the other day I started using with Home version. I'm curious now if it has any TPM settings in the bios... BRB...
Edit: Nope, but TPM is sticking in my mind, I don't know if it's from my IT days yester-decade or recently dealing with a TPMS issue on my Mini lol.
Bitlocker has been around long before Windows 11.
It's used to encrypt hard drives in case a laptop is stolen and is often used in corporate settings.
Yes it has, I'm only referencing what's mentioned in the video.
It's also turned on by default for unsuspecting owners to unbeknownst to them get the key or disable it. Although now the MS accounts I'm fairly certain it holds your key once you setup the computer with said account.
TPM has been around for a while, win 7 could use it. If memory serves it was close in time to the UEFI Bios timeframe. Edit, Bitlocker has been around since win7 if not earlier.
It came out with the wonderful Vista.
Which actually wasn't too bad if you had a clean install, most of the issues I ran into were preloaded garbage from the companies that tried to manage things Windows did fine on its own.
I'd started working at a nonprof about a year before 7 dropped, they had been using their computers right out of the box from Dell. When I started I created an OS image that was out on all new machines. People were much happier with their computers.
Look up Intel ME and AMD PSP. Personal computers have been hardware rootkited for a long time.
One of my boxes is a 2010 i7-930 yet even though it's almost 16 years old it's still running the Intel Management Engine (Minix OS on the zero ring). Thanks very much intel.
Do you peeps remember the intel ad where a child's voice whispers "Intel Inside?" The little fucker was not joking. Jeffry Epstein was rendered completely obsolete by the Intel Management Engine and the AMD PSP.
ME was successfully disabled (or essentially castrated) on several chipset versions, the most recent being z690. Look up Dasharo and Coreboot. =)
^This^ FYI: system76.com https://system76.com/ sells new x86-64 computers with the ME pre-crippled and coreboot installed. You can them on ebay too if you are on a budget. RISC-V is the way to go If you are really paranoid about security though.
I use CachyOS. Linux has always been the way. Remember when Linus Torvalds told the NSA to pack sand?
TPM chips are not spying on you per se rather they can enable spying if used for that purpose like a camera. TPM stands for trusted platform module and is just a chip that can store key codes and encrypted information securely. The whole idea of a "trusted platform" is that it is securely identified and tied to you or one of your accounts so you can communicate with your bank or whatever using that computer. Note that phones and the cell network have had their own version of "trusted platform" since their inception and Microsoft's pushing TPM chips is the latest move in their goal to make the desktop PC as locked down and controlled as your phone (Google/Android or Apple/IOS).
In any case, this worry about TPM chips and etc. is misdirected. There are a myriad of ways that computers can be compromised or used to spy on you such as Intel Management Engine mentioned by @Retaining_H2O below. Ultimately there is no technical solution to govt overreach, only a political solution and taking the constitution and specifically the 4th amendment seriously to protect citizens from illegal search and seizure of their data and digital footprint/presence.
You're correct and in the video he explains how you can work around it. This video caught my eye because I actually just set up a TPM on my computer the other day, but I use Linux so this Microsoft BS is not an issue for me. I specifically bought a TPM module for my desktop and use it to automatically decrypt my hard drive on boot. If someone physically removed the drive and tried to open it on another computer or modify the firmware or bootloader it would not work.
I use Pop_OS
The TPM just stores the encrypted keys. As a. IT professional, my opinion is this guy is a hack.
Now, Windows is spyjng on you, storing everything you say with their voice recognition since Windows 7.