Story: Microsoft's Machiavellian manoeuvring
Posted by: Ted Appleby (Thursday 1 September 2005, 4:48 PM)
Owner Override. Owner Override. OWNER OVERRIDE.
The TCG should be required to include OO for straightforward civil liberty reasons.
No, being able to "opt in or out" is not enough. The OWNER of a computer MUST be able to let opera pretend to be IE if he wants to, etc.
Trusted computing means the corporations can trust "your" computer to act in their interests instead of yours as the owner of the computer. This is wrong.
A simple fix, requiring owner override capability, would preserve the advantages of the TPM, yet prevent corporations thieving our civil liberty.
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7055
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Story: Microsoft's Machiavellian manoeuvring
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Owner Override. Owner Override. OWNER OVERRIDE.
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Bruce Schneier writes of the "Trusted Computing Gr... Robbie Hatley -
I guess a chip this complicated will be something... Anonymous
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The first I heard of TC some time ago, once again... Happless P Gimp
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Microsoft's DRM is mostly about controlling the ac... Arthur B.
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Jon, ignorance knows no bounderies. Get a clue.
Ex... Arthur B.
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I read a scarily prescient book about Microsoft ma... Joey Halbiceyk
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oh, well ... like all the copy protections sc... Anonymous
