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RMS Urges Opposition to "Trusted Computing"

Posted by michael on from the newspeak dept.

Andy Tai writes "In this Newsforge article, Richard Stallman analyzes the "Trusted Computing" initiative and Microsoft's Palladium, points out that such initiatives are really means to ensure your computer can be trusted by Microsoft and Hollywood (you can't do things they don't want), and urges computer users to organize, to support the Public Knowledge and the Digital Speech projects and to use their consumer power to block "Trusted Computing" in its tracks."

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  1. Funny, I thought RMS stood for by lildogie · · Score: 0, Redundant

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  2. Re:What a shock! by Tablizer · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I'm absolutely flabbergasted that RMS would oppose this.

    He must have paced backed and forth for *months* trying to make up his mind. Gee, I bet there is a worn strip of carpet where he paced back and forth deciding whether to support TC or trounce it.

    Then suddenly he settled, and like W on the stem cell cloning issue, popped outdoors and spoke his mind to the press, and shock was among their faces.

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