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Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 10:30:49 -0700 (MST) From: Jim Burnes - Denver <jim.burnes@ssds.com> To: Jim Burnes - Denver <jim.burnes@ssds.com> cc: "William H. Geiger III" <whgiii@openpgp.net>, cypherpunks@einstein.ssz.com In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.91.990121091647.7045A-100000@denver> Reply-To: Jim Burnes - Denver <jim.burnes@ssds.com> On Thu, 21 Jan 1999, Jim Burnes - Denver wrote: > 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 > Subject: Re: CDR: Re: Adieu Privacy: Intel identifiziert Chips > > 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 > > Oh...and the obvious followup. Intel is not the only x86 player on the market. AMD is becoming a popular alternative (especially in the gaming market where piracy is rampant). Not to mention Cyrix etc etc. jim
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