Pluton was originally created for the Xbox One in 2013 for the express purpose of combating piracy. That should tell you all you need to know.
It does not stop one from running Linux or other operating systems, and it appears it can be disabled by the user (maybe in UEFI settings?).
It seems Pluton is an arm core that runs Linux itself. Support for Pluton has also been added to the mainline Linux kernel.
Either way it is a black box integrated into some AMD, Intel, and Qualcomm chips and therefore could be to restrict user freedom like what was seen in the screenshot.
Hacker News discussion from someone at MSFT that has worked with Pluton: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25191319
Pluton was originally created for the Xbox One in 2013 for the express purpose of combating piracy. That should tell you all you need to know.
It does not stop one from running Linux or other operating systems, and it appears it can be disabled by the user (maybe in UEFI settings?).
It seems Pluton is an arm core that runs Linux itself. Support for Pluton has also been added to the mainline Linux kernel.
Either way it is a black box integrated into some AMD, Intel, and Qualcomm chips and therefore could be to restrict user freedom like what was seen in the screenshot.