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Interesting Uses for Trusted Computing
An anonymous reader writes "The Unlimited Freedom blog has published a new article describing 'interesting' uses of Trusted Computing. (Google cache here). Trusted Computing, as implemented in Microsoft's NGSCB (Palladium) or the Trusted Computing Group (TCPA), has been one of the most controversial technology proposals of recent years, to put it mildly. But the article on Unlimited Freedom offers a new perspective. The author examines 12 different applications which could benefit from access to Trusted Computing technology. And most of them are uncontroversial or would actually improve privacy and anonymity. Among the examples listed are multi-player games, online casinos, P2P networks, anonymous remailers, distributed computing and mobile agents. The analysis provides an interesting contrast to the usual focus on Trusted Computing's impact on control over digital content."
Just like Sauron's ring, DRM cannot be used for good.
Trusted computing is one of the best ideas I've heard in the last 10 years. It allows companies to decide which software you can run, thus avoiding you to run viruses, trojans or other software these companies don't trust. It will stop people from copying software too, like the brilliant DVD protection scheme, so creating more jobs in the computer industry. It's such a powerful concept, I can't wait until it gets delivered into my computer.
I got yer trusted computing right here, pal.
I also reply below your current threshold.
or == Draconian Rules for Me sure DRM can be used for good. DRM has made you powerful, now fulfill your destiny and take Balmers place at my side.
Would you like to:
1) Pay a small license fee, renew the certificate and get your dish nice and sparkley?
2) Let your dirty ass dish grow all moldy and useless
you insensitive clods!!! large corporations are only trying to help us!!! now shut up and take your pill, they're watching us
And when they didn't, the people who didn't want to "be disappeared" were smart enough not to say so.
One CPU cycle wasted on digital restrictions management is ONE TOO MANY.
As a record store owner, I have to say I am very pleased at the ideas of trusted computing and "DRM". I don't know a lot about computers, but I do know that following the advent of CD burning and file sharing, my sales have dropped nearly 40%. To make ends meet, I have to moonlight at a phosphorous processing plant; my health has deteriorated rapidly as a result. My wife has been forced to sell soiled panties on eBay, and my son just got his arm lopped off working in a lumber mill. So while this idea of sharing all digitial content for free may sound very noble to you rich computer people, it does great harm to us "lower class" citizens. Something like DRM is the only ray of hope I have in an otherwise bleak existence.
Just my $0.02
It's based in hardware, and is drenched in encryption and intelligent process control.
You forgot to mention that the silicon is mixed with fairy dust to make it 107% tamperproof.
The real Ralph Yarro posts as Anonymous Coward. Anyone else is an impostor.