[ltp] TCPA on Thinkpads

iriXx linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 20 Mar 2003 00:11:47 +0000


i would think as the UK's leading cryptologist, Cambridge professor Ross 
Anderson is already pretty well educated...

Allen, Michael B (RSCH) wrote:
> That page should be renamed tcpa-fud.html. Hardware supported key management
> is a natrual progression in computing and one that I welcome. Do not confuse
> TCPA (Trusted Computing Platform Alliance) with CBDTPA (Consumer Broadband
> and Digital Television Promotion Act). They are conceptually two completely
> different things. Get educated. Don't run with the herd.
> 
> 
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>>Subject:	Re: [ltp] TCPA on Thinkpads
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>>Greg Herlein wrote:
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>>>>This chip is not intended to "spy" on you. 
>>>
>>Ross Anderson says different:
>>
>>http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/tcpa-faq.html
>>
>>i think what is of concern is not what tcpa is being used for currently 
>>but what it *might* be used for.
>>
>>im writing a book on the subject (see www.copyleftmedia.org.uk) and have 
>>been reading about it for the last year. the further i get into this the 
>>more worrying it becomes.
>>
>>http://ukcdr.org has some good info too....
>>
>>m~
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