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Bruce Schneier: "IT's Like This..."
News Thursday Intel Corp.announced that its new processor chips would come equipped with ID numbers, a unique serial number burned into the chip during manufacture. If a remote Web site queries a processor ID, it has no way of knowing whether the number...
[January 27, 1999, 11:31]
Intel disables chip ID tracking
News Intel says it plans to remove the controversial processor-ID technology from its next-generation PC processor and from future processors, ending a year-long battle with privacy advocates over the invasive technology.
[April 28, 2000, 8:42]
Intel admits PII serial confusion
News We were informed by a customer that the chip ID was present in the mobile Pentium II processor in mobile module form," said George Alfs, a spokesman for the company. The processor serial number, or chip ID, is a 96-bit number that uniquely...
[March 11, 1999, 9:32]
Intel challenges chip forgers
News The new software, called the Processor Frequency ID Utility, is available on Intel's Web site and will help PC makers, customers, and law enforcement identify the speed -- expressed in megahertz -- at which Intel's newest processor, the Pentium...
[March 15, 1999, 16:17]
Intel backtracks over chip ID
News One plan is to put processor-specific IDs on each chip that can be accessed by software and transmitted over the Internet. Companies could require remote users to use the technology, while banks may offer more features to its customers that have...
[January 26, 1999, 11:14]
A Year Ago: Groups call for Intel boycott
News The processor ID can be hidden from Net access by turning off a software switch. One plan is to put processor-specific IDs on each chip that can be accessed by software and transmitted over the Internet.
[January 25, 2000, 6:02]
Groups call for Intel boycott
News The processor ID can be hidden from Net access by turning off a software switch. One plan is to put processor-specific IDs on each chip that can be accessed by software and transmitted over the Internet.
[January 25, 1999, 16:05]
Other firms evaluating processor IDs
News The processor ID can be hidden from Net access by turning off a software "switch," said Gelsinger. One feature that has drawn some criticism is a plan to put processor-specific IDs on each chip that can be accessed by software and transmitted over...
[January 25, 1999, 16:48]
The biggest security threat: You
News The issue over putting a technology such as processor ID into all PCs may be the catalyst in getting consumers to join the discussion over who own personal information. In the end, unless something comes from the privacy protests, Intel will be...
[February 26, 1999, 16:19]
Exclusive: Intel to electronically ID chips
News The plan calls for Intel to put a machine-specific ID and a random number generator in every processor, said sources familiar with the plans. But with an electronic ID attached to each processor, consumers will be able to check their processor...
[January 21, 1999, 9:30]
Intel won't back down on chip ID feature
News Intel announced it had added a 64-bit serial number to its processors that, along with a previous 32-bit CPU ID, identifies every processor, acting like a vehicle ID number. Instead, key features -- such as financial transactions at banks and stock...
[February 25, 1999, 9:01]
Privacy camp threatens to extend Intel boycott
News The processor serial number (PSN), also known as the chip ID, is a unique identifier "burned" into the Pentium III processor that can be accessed over the Internet, allowing e-commerce sites and others to know which machine is visiting a site or...
[February 17, 1999, 9:32]
Intel PIII: Is Big Brother Inside?
News You call the 800 number and are asked to punch in your processor's ID number and the serial number of the software. If you register via the Web, the process is nearly the same except that your processor's ID is sent to the software vendor...
[May 17, 1999, 10:04]
A Year Ago: Intel PIII: Is Big Brother Inside?
News You call the 800 number and are asked to punch in your processor's ID number and the serial number of the software. If you register via the Web, the process is nearly the same except that your processor's ID is sent to the software vendor...
[May 17, 2000, 7:01]
Privacy groups to take on Microsoft?
News The situation seems very similar to privacy groups war against chip giant Intel's processor ID scheme. As first reported by ZDNN, the Californian chip giant added a serial processor ID to its most recent processor, the Pentium III.
[March 10, 1999, 9:42]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Everyone gets flustered because Intel has slipped that nasty processor ID stuff into Pentium IIs without telling us! What will any remote processor ID reporting use? And will it be possible to plumb in false IDs, random IDs, the ID of the bloke on...
[March 12, 1999, 17:41]
Intel inside?
News Processor CPU Frequency CPU ID Data Pentium 4 Yes Yes Mobile Pentium 4 Yes...
[January 21, 2003, 15:12]
Intel: We won't track ID chips
News The Intel exec said the PC chip giant was walking on glass when it came to privacy considerations with its new processor ID scheme. As part of its new initiative to create a connected world of trusted PCs, Intel has incorporated a number of...
[January 22, 1999, 9:14]
HP and Intel round on Oracle over dual-core licences
Talkback If the PID Processor ID will remain same through all cores then we should call it one CPU single/undividable.since cores cannot be removed/added in CPU, therefore one cannot borow someone's CPU core for a while hence opening a concern of missuse...
[February 12, 2005, 15:50]
Oracle's core problem
Talkback If the PID Processor ID will remain same through all cores then we should call it one CPU single/undividable.since cores cannot be removed/added in CPU, therefore one cannot borow someone's CPU core for a while hence opening a concern of missuse...
[February 12, 2005, 15:51]
