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Re: [OT] Trusted Computing and GnuPG



On 14:21, Thu 17 Mar 05, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-03-17 at 13:40 -0600, John Hasler wrote:
> > Rob Brenart writes:
> > > Granted, this can be achieved without the chip, and just in software...
> > > but I think the reason to have the chip do it is portability and
> > > reliability...
> > 
> > Do we know enough about the chip to trust its reliability?  Are the
> > manufacturers going to publish data so that free drivers can be written?
> 
> There be the essential question...
> 
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But doesn't free drivers, and Open Hardware defeat the
purpose of why they want Trusted Computing, and DRM?

I know this is a little facetious, or do you really think
they are doing it for security reasons?

I do agree, but I think its a little funny, concering all
the DRM, and how the **AA act toward the community in
general. The more I read up on this the more I think RMS is
right. I just hope the Gnu/Linux community can withstand
this sort of thing.

Gnu-Raiz



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