[109270] in Cypherpunks
Re: [ZKS Press Release] FAILURE OF PENTIUM III UTILITY Exposed
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark Hahn)
Mon Mar 15 22:24:21 1999
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 14:22:27 -0600
To: Greg Broiles <gbroiles@netbox.com>
From: Mark Hahn <MHahn@tcbtech.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02.9903111531560.1915-100000@ideath.parrhesia.c
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Reply-To: Mark Hahn <MHahn@tcbtech.com>
At 02:34 PM 3/11/99 -0800, Greg Broiles wrote:
>On Thu, 11 Mar 1999, Mark Hahn wrote:
>> ...
>> The security issue here is with Microsoft, not Intel.
>
>You would be correct, but for Intel's assertion that they had software -
>or that software could be written - which would address the privacy
>concerns raised by the surveillance features of the PIII hardware. Intel
>was wrong to make that claim, as your discussion of OS insecurity
>illustrates. Intel should solve its privacy problem(s) with hardware, not
>software, because software cannot be trusted.
OK. Intel should not be making promises it cannot keep. Agreed.
But it is the responsibility of the software to not reveil information it
should
keep secret. Hence, I attempt to run software that *can* be trusted.
The serial number is not inherently evil, most things you own have serial
numbers. But would you buy an add-on for your VCR which sends
it's serial number and the date, time and title of every tape you played to
someone? No. Should you try to scratch out the VCR serial number because
some attempts to market such a device?
-MpH
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