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CBDTPA == TCPA Enablement Act?

Ian Hill writes "This e-mail from Lucky Green, courtesy of Cryptome, provides an interesting look into the Trusted Computing Platform Alliance. It suggests that this is the technology pointed to by Sen. Hollings in his CBDTPA. Frightening quote: "'trusted' here means that the members of the TCPA trust that the TPM [Trusted Platform Module] will make it near impossible for the owner of that motherboard to access supervisor mode on the CPU without their knowledge, they trust that the TPM will enable them to determine remotely if the customer has a kernel-level debugger loaded, and they trust that the TPM will prevent a user from bypassing OS protections by installing custom PCI cards to read out memory directly via DMA without going through the CPU.""

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  1. Re:FP by LordLucless · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    No. Posting a post just for the sake of having the first post only demonstrates that you have nothing more valuable to do with your time than sit there hitting refresh on your browser over and over again.

    Congratulations, you have no life.

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    Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean there isn't an invisible demon about to eat your face
  2. The Jewish Problem by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Hello, I'm David, and I'm a Jew. My father is a banker and my mother works at the local Holocaust memorial museum. My Jewish background allowed me to attend an exclusive Jewish school. Last year, I went on a free trip to Israel paid for by a Jewish organisation, and next year I will be starting at an Ivy League school with a scholarship from a Jewish foundation.

    I have also got a job as an intern at Fox News. When I leave University, I hope to get a job at one of my father's friends businesses. His regular Synagogue visits have allowed him to make many contacts. My mother is keen that I marry a nice Jewish girl, so is happy that I met Maya recently, the daughter of a film producer and modern artist.

    I aim to settle in New York, but I fear for my safety in the face of Masonic and Islamic conspiracy.

    However, I sleep safely in the knowledge that I will go to heaven.

  3. is it me by isorox · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    or is karma whoring getting easier?