The knee-jerk hysterical reaction to any talk of hardware roots of trust on Hacker News is getting tiresome and I expect better given the reputation of the site. It actually reminds me of old slashdot.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_Platform_Module#Field_...
For ASIC-only devices, the keys are burned-in, which is user-hostile too.
https://www.blackduck.com/blog/cyrc-discovers-asus-tplink-wl...