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I've heard bitlocker will be so common that microsoft will require every computer to have TPM to run windows 9.
Yet I just called gigabyte. Gigabyte says that not one of their motherboard is equipped with TPM.
One of their motherboards is equipped with a TPM module header, but a gigabyte dealer in Indonesia told me they know nobody that sells TPM modules to plug to that header.
I mean, TPM is very important if we do not want government officials, thieves, or anyone to look at our data. No matter how legal our work is, they tend to find something. If anything, they can know our passwords if they can access our hard disk.
Yet very few motherboards are equipped with TPM. Simply lack of sell.
I find it hard to believe.
Is there an explanation for this?
I'm not sure if you understand what TPM gives. From what I could gather from the Wikipedia page on TPM, it's mostly a hardware-based service set (so, it can be replaced with less cost with a software-based solution). There are several manufacturers that integrate TPM on their products, as noted on the article.
– Doktoro Reichard – 2014-09-11T12:36:17.527@JimThio - I have found dozens of motherboards with the module already installed. But this does not seem to be on topic here at Superuser. – Ramhound – 2014-09-11T12:43:35.447