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CDR: Re: Adieu Privacy: Intel identifiziert Chips
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William H. Geiger III)
Thu Jan 21 10:14:20 1999
From: "William H. Geiger III" <whgiii@openpgp.net>
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 09:05:45 -0500
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Adieu Privacy: Intel identifiziert Chips
Heute, Donnerstag, soll Intel mit Pl=84nen an die =99ffentlichkeit gehen=
,
alle Prozessoren mit in die Hardware eingebauten
Identifikationscodes serienm=84ssig auszuliefern. Dass dies
dem letzten Rest von Privatsph=84re den Todesstoss versetzen
k=94nnte, hat EFF's Barry Steinhardt einem ZDnet Reporter
erkl=84rt.
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Lemos
January 20, 1999 11:42 AM PT Intel Corp. will unveil plans to embed
identification numbers in its PC processors on
Thursday, said industry insiders and cryptographers familiar with the
company's efforts.
In doing so, the Santa Clara, Calif., chip maker could be
sounding the death knell for anonymity on the Internet.
.....
"On the one hand it offers more security -- for e-commerce
and information security," said Barry Steinhardt, associate
director and privacy expert at the American Civil Liberties
Union, "As a pure privacy issue, it allows for a means of
tracking individuals on the Net."
.....
The plan calls for Intel to put a machine-specific ID and a
random number generator in every processor, said sources
familiar with the plans.
The random-number generator will aid e-commerce by
allowing PCs to encrypt data more securely, while the ID
numbers will allow merchants to verify a user's identity and prevent
stolen PCs from getting on the Internet.
....
For those users who want to remain private, Intel will provide a softwar=
e
patch to turn off the function. This sort of scheme --
which is referred to as "opt out" because consumers have to opt out of
participating -- mimics the current state of the industry.
....
"Intel says they're not keeping a database matching users to their ID
numbers," said Steinhardt, "but the temptation down the road for someone=
to keep a database will, most likely, be too great. It will happen."
.....
Full Story
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2189721,00.html
relayed by
max.scheugl@orf.at
m.grinner@mail.gis.at
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