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Interesting Uses for Trusted Computing

Posted by michael on from the spot-the-logical-fallacy dept.

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."

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  1. 3 words: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll


    It's a trap!

  2. uh by pcmanjon · · Score: 1, Troll

    multi-player games
    ** Possibly useful

    online casinos
    ** I don't think that helps better the internet

    P2P Networks
    ** I don't think that corperations see that as bettering the internet.

    anonymous remailers
    ** Yes I'm sure spammer businesses will like this one!

    distributed computing
    ** DNA Folding/SETI -- THIS IS USEFUL

    mobile agents
    ** Not too sure on this one.

  3. Keep my resume in pdf format! by titaniam · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'm waiting for DRM so I can prevent companies from converting my beautiful latex-generated pdf-format resume to a Microsucks word nightmare.