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Intel to Build DRM into Next-Generation CPUs

Posted by michael on from the goodbye-personal-computing dept.

mdecerbo writes "The Boston Globe is reporting that next year's Intel processors will include hardware support for Microsoft's "Palladium" DRM system. There are chilling privacy implications. AMD, here I come."

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  1. Everyone Should Read This by futuresheep · · Score: 5, Informative

    This is the most comprehensive read on Palladium available. Forward it to family and friends.

    http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/tcpa-faq.html

  2. Re:Does this really matter? by bfields · · Score: 5, Informative
    I mean if you do not plan to run Palladium, where's the problem? This would not stop you from doing anything you do now.

    Currently, you can play DVD's on linux with a minimum of hassle, and you can do perfectly normal and legitimate things with them like make backups, copy and manipulate screen shots, etc. After the adoption of Palladium, DVD's (or their successors) could be designed to play only on trusted players that don't allow you to do these things, and circumventing these restrictions will require hardware modifications.

    Do you see a problem now?

    --Bruce F.

  3. Comprehensive Details about Palladium by Carnage4Life · · Score: 5, Informative

    That article was mostly speculation short on technical details but long on Micro$oft bashing.

    Being a geek I got more mileage out of reading the technical details on palladium by a member of the EFF (Seth Schoen) who was at a presentation and TCPA and Palladium: Sony Inside an article on kuro5hin by a former Microserf.


    Disclaimer:The opinions expressed in this post are mine and do not reflect the opinions, thoughts, strategies or plans of my employer.