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DATE | 2005-03-19 |
FROM | Ruben Safir Secretary NYLXS
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SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] Hardware security sneaks into PCs
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> > 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.
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. And there is nothing voluntary about the DMCA.
Ruben
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