[ltp] TCPA on Thinkpads

Mark Earnest linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Wed, 19 Mar 2003 19:31:47 -0500


Odd then that he seems unable to conceptually separate TCPA from 
Palladium.

Mark Earnest

On Wednesday, March 19, 2003, at 07:11  PM, iriXx wrote:

> 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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