[ltp] TCPA on Thinkpads

[Allen, Michael B (RSCH)]

Well educated but apparently still irresponsible. Here's a question
from this so called "FAQ":

  18. Ugh. What else?
  TCPA will undermine the General Public License (GPL), under
  which many free and ...

Looks like a opinionated rant disguised to be an fact based unbiased
informational document. That's just irresponsible.

Mike

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> 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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> >>
> >>Greg Herlein wrote:
> >>
> >>>>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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