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Ubuntu also released TPM based FDE a few versions ago. I had these thoughts then and decided against using it. Typing my passphrase on boot is muscle memory and gives me simple security I can trust.

Also can recover data without my mainboard.

Maybe a hybrid (secureboot-TPM+phrase) slot for day to day to also prevent against evil maid attacks, and another slot with a backup passphrase would be acceptable.

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>Typing my passphrase on boot is muscle memory and gives me simple security I can trust.

It's not an either-or. You can combine TPM with passwords which makes it far more secure than password alone. A TPM can enforce password guessing limits, otherwise a password needs to be absurdly long to be secure against GPU bruteforcing attacks. It also prevents someone from swapping out the bootloader with a backdoored version that steals your passwords.

>Also can recover data without my mainboard.

You're supposed to keep a backup of the encryption key when using TPM, in case it fails.

Sounds good - which software supports this? Specifically I'd prefer if it would do a composite key derivation in-time rather than "just a pw prompt but TPM has the full key"

> It's not an either-or. You can combine TPM with passwords which makes it far more secure than password alone.

No. I have already explained it here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48133491

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