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Well, this article is related in a small way...so i'll just post it here...
basically....it talks about new security measures...and how it could effect what you do on your computer...
i would consider this one of my worst nightmares.....companies controlling me and what i can and cannot do!
http://www.bbcworld.com/content/tem...666&co_pageid=2
also check out the faq for that new security stuff...
faq
edit: here's the artice...cuz the content on the link will change..:
| quote: | Palladium Palaver
December 5th 2002
Imagine a PC that had security features built right into its processor chip. Your machine's innards would be built like a castle. Walled, secure, protected, and the data that flowed around the inside of your computer would be heavily encrypted, safe from prying eyes. Plus your software will only do what the manufacturer intended. What do you think - security nirvana or digital nightmare? Richard Taylor investigates.
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Computer security, whether in the world's biggest financial centres or simply in a backroom of a small company, has become the watchword of today's technological environment. Being able to use our computers without worrying about the intrusion of malicious viruses and code is something we'd all applaud.
The answer from the industry is the Trusted Computing Platform Alliance. It's working on a hardware/software combination of security checks and balances. The hardware is coming from the likes of Intel; the software from Microsoft.
Intel's measures would mean security features physically built into your computer's processor, memory and storage paths, a first for consumer PCs. When applied, your computer would only be able to perform certain types of approved tasks. You wouldn't be able to tamper with the applications either.
As well as contributing software specifically for the alliance, Microsoft has been working on another track. It's called Palladium, and is a way of making digital devices and the data on them more secure. Interestingly, Palladium isn't yet part of the TCPA specification - 'though Microsoft hopes to incorporate it in the next phase. Either way, it'll probably be in the next version of Windows.
Critics argue that all this talk of enhanced security is purely a smokescreen, a way for big companies to manage more closely what we do with our computers. No more running pirate software. No more online trading of digital content like music and movies unless the rights holders specifically give their consent.
Conceivably, outlawed material could even be remotely deleted from your PC. A boon perhaps for legitimate computing, but for opponents a centralisation of control which is just one step too far.
Resources
Check out this FAQ page on the TCPA and Palladium.
We would send you to Intel's TCPA FAQ page, but it's a broken link on their site. Bad Intel, bad. So here's an old copy from Google's cache.
Add to that the fact that the actual official TCPA page was also down when this page was built, and you've got to wonder if these are really the kind of people we want to entrust our computers too. We were going to give you a link from the normally trustworthy Way Back Machine but it was 'experiencing technical difficulties ' too. Makes you wonder whether this internet thingy's all it's cracked up to be, huh!
The Inquirer knows exactly what it thinks of the TCPA, and they aren't fans!
Extremetech aren't too keen on Palladium, either.
For the hardcore techies who want to make their own minds up, here's a very recent technical examination of the TCPA and Palladium to give you the inside scoop.
To hear both sides of the argument regarding specialised security features we spoke to Rupert Goodwins, Technology Editor of ZDNet, and Stuart Okin, Chief Security Officer from Microsoft.
See the interview (Windows Media)
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Last edited by Tranex02 on Dec-12-2002 at 12:39
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I'm pretty sure about that
(taken by another member on the boards here, I forget who) but it's true.
it's fuct I say real fuct
