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Army to Require Trusted Platform Module in PCs

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the wind-talkers dept.

Overtone writes "Federal Computer Week is reporting that the U.S. Army will require hardware-based security via the Trusted Platform Module standard in all new PCs. They are a large enough volume buyer that this might kick start an adoption loop."

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  1. Re:Oooh great... by KiloByte · · Score: 3, Interesting
    BTW, I have a lot of respect for the Army as I have a lot of friends on active duty, and almost became a soldier myself. Still, I couldn't pass up a chance to make a military joke)
    The US army includes a load of good folks (and a much smaller number of bad ones). The soldiers are not the problem, their superiors are.
    To be exact, the problem is that one of their superiors got bribed by a criminal company. If someone whose duty is to manage security doesn't recognize snake oil and backholes in TPM even with all the publicly available opinions, it's either the person guilty of sabotage or is unfit for that position -- and if his superiors allowed such an inept person on such an important position, at least one of the superiors is guilty of sabotage as well.
    No doubt they are all busy helping repress the freedom fighters in the Iraq and making it part of the American Empire.
    Wait... so people who spend most of their time blowing up mosques are suddenly "freedom fighters"?
    They deserve to be named anything else than "terrorists" about as much as Kerry deserves to be named something else than "corrupt populist" or your fearless leader "despot", "liar" and "criminal" (yeah, I may be a dirty foreigner, but I can read the Constitution he swore on or the laws he broke).
    PS - You dont need to make military jokes, the military are a joke.
    The military is fine, the mafia that controls it from above is not.
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  2. Does this pave the way for Apple hardware? by PhunkySchtuff · · Score: 5, Interesting

    All of Apple's Intel-based Macs have a TPM module, in order to restrict Mac OS X to running on genuine Apple hardware.
    Does this decision pave the way for Apple to become a preferred supplier as shortly their entire model lineup will feature TPM modules with a relatively secure operating system?

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    Specialist Mac support for creative pros, Melbourne