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Army to Require Trusted Platform Module in PCs

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. US war in Iran by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You are being manoevered into a war with Iran by the hardliners in USA and Israel.

    Consider what's happened:
    June 9th Israel shells gaza beach to cause Hamas to end the ceasefire.
    http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1661141234 372301249
    (1 minute 10 seconds into the report)

    Hamas and Hezbollah end their ceasefire and restart their attacks. In response Israel invades Lebanon. America publicly supports Israel. President backs them strongly, even refuses to back a ceasefire.

    Why stop at Lebanon? why not Syria, there's a big US force in Iraq, next door now, so nothing to stop them. So Israel invades Syria. If they lose, America will stop Syria invading Israel and already has an army nearby. So Israel can't lose either way.

    Bush can't strongly supports them, and so can't then back down, and they have a strong lobby in US Congress and Senate to help them.

    So now they're close enough to launch missile attacks against Iran, or fake missile attacks from Iran. But Iran can't get to them except through Iraq or Turkey, both of which cause USA to join in the war.

    You see for the USA to GO TO WAR with Iran, you need the backing of Congress, Senate and people, but if the war SHOULD COME TO YOU instead, if Iran should attack USA forces in Iraq while trying to defend against Israeli missiles, then suddenly Bush & co get their war.

    So now it becomes clear why they wanted the Palestinian ceasefire to end and why Bush & Co didn't condemn their attack.

  2. First they came... by AHuxley · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    When Microsoft came for the army,
    I remained silent;
    I was not a soldier.

    When they locked up the government,
    I remained silent;
    I was not a bureaucrat.

    When they came for the telcos,
    I did not speak out;
    I was not an isp.

    When they came for the net,
    I did not speak out;
    I was not a blogger.

    When they came for my PC,
    there was no where left to speak out.

    --
    Domestic spying is now "Benign Information Gathering"
  3. Re:call me cynical, but by hector_uk · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    how exactly am i the troll for pointing out how someone is completely wrong, you don't even have to do the registration, all you have to do is not connect to the internet.

  4. Re:Oooh great... by masklinn · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    the British

    Blair is Bush's lapdog...

    Iraqi

    Few still take cause for the US, and those who do only do it because they're too deeply involved, and they can't turn back anymore.

    other foreign armies

    Prefer being on the good side of the US govt.

    --
    "The way we can tell it's C# instead of Haskell is because it's nine lines instead of two." -- wadler
  5. Re:Oooh great... by drinkypoo · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Just to keep you from getting confused, you do realize the US is currently being run by a would-be theocrat who believes that God works through him, and has said as much publically?

    --
    "You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"