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Re: My comments on Intel's Processor ID Number

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Renegade)
Wed Jan 27 18:48:18 1999

Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 16:47:49 -0600
To: Bruce Schneier <schneier@counterpane.com>
From: Renegade <renegade@texoma.net>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <199901270258.UAA04822@baal.visi.com>
Reply-To: Renegade <renegade@texoma.net>

I do not think the ID has anything to do with the claimed intention(s), as
it is weak just like Bruce pointed out. I think it has more to do with
where they want to go with copy protection, than anything else.


At 08:56 PM 01/26/1999 -0600, Bruce Schneier wrote:
>I wrote a column on Intel's Processor ID number for ZDNet.  You can read it
>at:
>
>http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/comment/0,5859,2194863,00.html
>
>Bruce
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