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IBM Shipping More PCs with Trust Chips

Posted by michael on from the trust-us dept.

rts008 submits this EWeek story about IBM shipping more computers with trusted computing inside. Since the article mentions none of the downsides, we should: trusted chips will eventually be used by software manufacturers to make sure the computer's owner does not do anything with the software which the manufacturer does not want to permit.

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  1. COWBOY NEAL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I TRUST YOU

  2. I am worried. by mrtroy · · Score: 5, Funny

    trusted chips will eventually be used by software manufacturers to make sure the computer's owner does not do anything with the software which the manufacturer does not want to permit

    This concerns me.

    More from a grammatical standpoint than anything else.

    (and my grammar/spelling is not necessarily perfect...but I dont get edited

    --
    [I can picture a world without war, without hate. I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it]
  3. Stop dreaded hackers! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Remember, only hackers run Linux, and other un-american things on their machines! Buy today, or the terrorists win!

  4. Re:Paranoia or truth? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    "You should also read Can you trust your computer? and The right to read, both by Richard Stallman"

    That guy would be more credible if he washed the dorito crumbs out of his beard and lost 300 pounds.

  5. Re:Can I trust my computer? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    *snort* anti-"trust" suits...