[ltp] TCPA on Thinkpads

[D. Sen]

"Opinonated rants" seem to be running amock on this list lately....

Allen, Michael B (RSCH) wrote:
> 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
> 
> 
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From:	iriXx [SMTP:dev_null@iriXx.org]
>>Sent:	Wednesday, March 19, 2003 7:12 PM
>>To:	linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
>>Subject:	Re: [ltp] TCPA on Thinkpads
>>
>>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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From:	iriXx [SMTP:dev_null@iriXx.org]
>>>>Sent:	Wednesday, March 19, 2003 5:07 PM
>>>>To:	linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
>>>>Subject:	Re: [ltp] TCPA on Thinkpads
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>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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