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> What is there to gain "cracking" the TPM itself

The technical achievement itself. :) It would be a world first, unlike sniffing. Hacking the TPM chip itself could open the door to even more interesting stuff. I think the analogy I gave before perfectly illustrates the difference between the 2 ideas. Getting to the same end result doesn't mean the paths are equivalent.

Would you find it equally interesting to read about getting Bitlocker keys using the legendary xkcd $5 wrench [0]?

[0] https://xkcd.com/538/

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I’m not convinced it would be a world first. Certainly not for nation states :) but you should definitely check out the amazing work by Chris Tarnovsky on YouTube. The level of detail he goes into when decamping the chip... and the way he explains it all leaves me in a state of awe.

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Maybe nation states is a different case. When I say "world first" I mean "that we know of". But otherwise it's incredibly interesting to see work like this especially when it's about something so obscure and undocumented that the researchers have to dig up every single bit of information by themselves.

Someone obviously doesn't agree with me since in the 10s it took me to read the comment above, all of mine received an equal number of downvotes. Guess I now have a fan (and their very own small army of puppet accounts) :).