MESSAGE
| DATE | 2005-03-19 |
| FROM | Billy
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] Hardware security sneaks into PCs
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Ruben Safir Secretary NYLXS wrote:
>>I read the TCA docs a couple of years ago, and I
>>didn't see anything about spying on your computer
>>in there. You don't have to use the hardware, but
>>it's there.
>>
>>
>
> Did you expect them to say that? Do you think they are totally stupid about PR?
> They call it "trusted computing" and a "security" measure, when the Spec creates
> a firmware back door that the OS will have no control of.
It creates a what?
> And even ***YOU*** don't have the time and background to know what every kernel
> module in the OS is doing, and that is on a FREE OS.
I don't know what your point is.
If you're suggesting that TCPA-aware kernel modules
would run without my knowledge or consent, you're nuts.
> And there is nothing voluntary
> about the DMCA.
The DMCA isn't inside my computer, Trusted Computing is.
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