Your Windows 11 Computer’s Hidden Spy: The Dark Truth About TPM Chips
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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.