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Bob Barr Weighs In On Trusted Computing Group

Posted by timothy on from the surprise dept.

bearwayne writes "Former representative Bob Barr (R-GA), a conservative and non-technophile, who has now has teamed up with the ACLU to fight growth of the Federal government's infringements on Civil Liberties ala the Patriot Act, weighs in on the Trusted Computing Group/Alliance in this article at Creative Loafing. Among other things, he expresses concerns about censorship, loss of control over one's PC, and other corporate/government abuses."

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  1. Trust No 1 by falsification · · Score: 0, Troll
    Talk about whipping up the hysteria.

    The only reason one should be concerned about this is if your TCPA computer is automatically configured to trust the government, or Microsoft, or whatever. If the default is to trust no one, and the user/administrator has complete control over who or what is trusted, then there is nothing to worry about. Trusted Computing becomes just another useful tool. That's it.