Should We Be Afraid of TPM Chips?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Friday March 31, 2006 @07:20AM from the trusted-by-whom dept.

AcidArrow asks: "I was looking to buy a new laptop and since I wanted to be on the bleeding edge, I thought one with the new core duo chips would be just what I need. Among the features on the laptops I was looking was 'Trusted Platform Module chip for the safety of your data'. Now, I don't know of any real uses for a TPM chip yet, but is this something that should worry me, or keep me from buying a laptop with said 'feature'? I don't intend to use it and I would like to disable it, if possible, but I don't want to make it easier for anyone to track down what I'm doing on my laptop."

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Re:Nothing to fear by Inda · 2006-03-31 08:15 · Score: -1, Flamebait

You might want to try some thicker tin-foil. Maybe go for the tight fitting dome shape as apposed to the classic, traditional, triangular shape. All in all, you aren't blocking enough.

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