AMD, Microsoft Boost Security

[sm8000]

Palladium

[Bluehail]

Sounds spooky, I don't like it.

[rraehal]

We knew it was in the works.

Too bad it is beggining to happen so soon.

This is only the first step IMO.

[zybch]

One small step for TC, one giant leap (backwards) for PC users who want to keep their privacy!

Linux still has a long way to go, but its looking more and more attractive so long as TC is kept away from it.

[sm8000]

Maybe we're wrong???

http://www.techimo.com/newsapp/i10022.html

[Vampiel]

Im still in the dark here what is TC and why does it make your computer less private. I remember the serial numbers that Intel put on there CPU's a while back. (tried to)

[sm8000]

TC - Trusted Computing, from TCPA (Trusted Computing Platform Alliance)

Also called Palladium. Google for either of those, or use the search function here, there've been some threads on it.

[Vampiel]

http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/tcpa-faq.html

I might have to go Intel

[sm8000]

No, Intel's in the alliance. I might have to go Mac.

[zybch]

Apple WILL go TC.
You think they'd risk their biggest software title and only reason many people buy mac, MS Office, when it goes TC? Not a chance!

[sm8000]

Hmmm.... good point. I may have to go Linux after all, provided I don't get a board with one of those new 'things' (name escapes me) instead of a BIOS, which could potentially restrict what OS you choose to install.

[Bluehail]

Originally posted by zybch
Apple WILL go TC.
You think they'd risk their biggest software title and only reason many people buy mac, MS Office, when it goes TC? Not a chance!

Apple can go with StarOffice or whatnot. And I think people buy apple right now because it's different.

What really pains me is Sun Micro is on the list of traitors! No suprise TI is with them too as their chip fabricator.

[sm8000]

I'm glad IBM isn't on the list, but some of their hardware is....

[Bluehail]

Promoters

AMD
Hewlett-Packard
IBM
Intel Corporation
Microsoft
Sony Corporation
Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Contributors

Agere Systems
ARM
ATI Technologies Inc.
Atmel
AuthenTec, Inc.
Broadcom Corporation
Comodo
Fujitsu Limited
Fujitsu Siemens Computers
Gemplus
Infineon
Legend Limited Group
Motorola Inc.
National Semiconductor
nCipher
Nokia
NTRU Cryptosystems, Inc.
NVIDIA
Philips
Phoenix
Rainbow Technologies, Inc.
Renesas Technology Corp.
RSA Security, Inc.
Samsung Electronics Co.
SCM Microsystems, Inc.
Seagate Technology
Shang Hai Wellhope Information
Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.
Standard Microsystems Corporation
STMicroelectronics
Texas Instruments
Utimaco Safeware AG
VeriSign, Inc.
VIA Technologies, Inc.
Wave Systems

Adopters

Ali Corporation
American Megatrends, Inc.
Gateway
Industrial Technology Research Institute
M-Systems Flash Disk Pioneers
OSA Technologies
Silicon Integrated Systems Corp.
Softex, Inc.
Toshiba Corporation
Winbond Electronics Corporation

[zybch]

Face it guys. If we want any privacy we'd better start learning how to use a pencil again.