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Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 09:21:20 -0700 (MST) From: Jim Burnes - Denver <jim.burnes@ssds.com> To: "William H. Geiger III" <whgiii@openpgp.net> cc: cypherpunks@einstein.ssz.com In-Reply-To: <199901211406.JAA014.88@whgiii> Reply-To: Jim Burnes - Denver <jim.burnes@ssds.com> On Thu, 21 Jan 1999, William H. Geiger III wrote: William Gieger posted: > Lemos > January 20, 1999 11:42 AM PT Intel Corp. will unveil plans to embed > identification numbers in its PC processors on > ..... > "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. This only matters if Intel is the only processor available on the net. And thats only important in Win95 is the only OS on the net. With the spreading popularity of Linux and its availability on a wide number of CPU's that will no longer be a given. Non-intel, PCI bus compatible systems will proliferate if Intel starts playing games like this. Keep crypto where it belongs -- in source code where I can see it. This is not about crypto. This smells like a big law-enforcement/licenseing grab. jim
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