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If you dont like US laws, dont move to NZ. The NZ govt. caves in to the least bit of preassure from the US. As may be shown by the Wassenaar agreement.
>The processor ID's are unnecessary. The MAC >addresses are needed Umm.. why? Yes, I know the protocol. But then, IP addresses need to be unique, and the solution is dynamic ip addresses (as used in PPP). Pick a random number, check if it's being used, and hey presto.
>I may be incorrect, but I believe that you had to > actually reboot your machine to unlock the > serial id, which precludes companies > doing this. You mean you'd notice if a windows program said "Installation complete. You will have to restart your computer before you can use it. Reboot now?"
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If you dont like US laws, dont move to NZ. The NZ
govt. caves in to the least bit of preassure from the US. As may be shown by the Wassenaar agreement.
>The processor ID's are unnecessary. The MAC
>addresses are needed
Umm.. why?
Yes, I know the protocol. But then, IP addresses need to be unique, and the solution is dynamic ip addresses (as used in PPP).
Pick a random number, check if it's being used, and hey presto.
>I may be incorrect, but I believe that you had to
> actually reboot your machine to unlock the
> serial id, which precludes companies
> doing this.
You mean you'd notice if a windows program said
"Installation complete. You will have to restart your computer before you can use it. Reboot now?"