[vlovich123]

If you use a mobile device maybe. My desktop machine has a TPM and AFAIK I do have access to load my own keys / replace the root keys. Of course, nothing says there isn't a backdoor within the TPM, but it's not this secret locked down thing.

[cryptonector]

It's unlikely that there is a backdoor on the TPM itself. The more likely scenario is that given a TPM serial number or EKpub the vendor could furnish a seed in response to a subpoena or warrant -- however, even this is unlikely, as it would make TPM vendors huge targets for hacking. Also TPM vendors make a big deal of how they don't keep TPMs' seeds, and I tend to believe them, because again if they did keep them then they'd be huge targets.

[mcpackieh]

"Crypto AG's products being compromised is extremely unlikely, because that would make them a huge target."

[cryptonector]

Good point!