On March 20th, 2026 MSI released a BIOS update for B650 Tomahawk Wi-Fi motherboard. One of the changes says “Implemented the anti-cheat mechanism.”
I looked around their forums and people seem to agree that it refers to Microsoft Pluton security processor.
Does anybody know what this change is actually about? Is it another initiative by Microsoft to further lock people out of their computers? Would it somehow hinder using Linux with this motherboard?
No, but it feels right and it sounds cool.
It is spyware by design, but whether it’s being used maliciously is still in question.
It does send encrypted traffic to China, though, and while that alone isn’t proof of nefarious behavior (could be anonymous metadata/logs for development purposes), it’s extremely suspicious
I was just memeing bro.