[ltp] TCPA on Thinkpads

[Tod Harter]

Again, demonstrate the falacious nature of the reasoning. All your doing is 
making an ad hominum argument. Hardly impressive reasoning on your part....

On Wednesday 19 March 2003 07:21 pm, 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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Tod Harter
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