David Brodbeck wrote:
> I remember when Intel started shipping processors with
unique ID
> numbers. There was much weeping and gnashing of teeth as
open-source
> proponents and privacy advocates declared that this would
lead to the
> end of civilization as we know it.
Yup, remember being
On Jan 13, 2008, at 1:47 PM, Hal Finney wrote:
I am actively involved with
some open-source TPM projects and see this technology as having
tremendous potential. It pains me to see so much uninformed FUD being
cast about whenever the topic comes up.
We're a twitchy bunch, aren't we?
I remember
On Sun, Jan 13, 2008 at 08:23:30PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 01/13/08 19:42, David wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Here in the US, 99.5% of the people who regularly use the intarweb
> >> couldn't secure their computer with a map, both hands and a flashlight.
> >
> > They should get the Canadians to sho
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On 01/13/08 19:42, David wrote:
> Ron Johnson wrote:
>
>>
>> Here in the US, 99.5% of the people who regularly use the intarweb
>> couldn't secure their computer with a map, both hands and a flashlight.
>
> They should get the Canadians to show them
Ron Johnson wrote:
Here in the US, 99.5% of the people who regularly use the intarweb
couldn't secure their computer with a map, both hands and a flashlight.
They should get the Canadians to show them what they don't know how.
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On Sun January 13 2008 17:18:42 Ron Johnson wrote:
> Here in the US, 99.5% of the people who regularly use the intarweb
> couldn't secure their computer with a map, both hands and a flashlight.
How about with a Debian installation CD?
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On 01/13/08 17:07, David wrote:
> Hal Finney wrote:
[snip]
>
> There is no critique of open source formats here (I've been meaning to
> check back on the Open Bios project for a while), but I do endorse full
> control being in the hands of the enduser
> Jimmy Wu wrote:
>> I just got the ThinkPad T61 laptop today. I went in to system
>> properties to take a look at the hardware device manager and I noticed
>> it included "Trusted Platform Module 1.2". Now, this raised a red
>> flag for me, as my first impressions of "trusted computing" were
>> fr
Hal Finney wrote:
Jimmy Wu wrote:
I just got the ThinkPad T61 laptop today. I went in to system
properties to take a look at the hardware device manager and I noticed
it included "Trusted Platform Module 1.2". Now, this raised a red
flag for me, as my first impressions of "trusted computing" wer
Jimmy Wu wrote:
> I just got the ThinkPad T61 laptop today. I went in to system
> properties to take a look at the hardware device manager and I noticed
> it included "Trusted Platform Module 1.2". Now, this raised a red
> flag for me, as my first impressions of "trusted computing" were
> framed by
David wrote:
Scott Gifford wrote:
David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Jimmy Wu wrote:
[...]
(2) Does Debian support TPM chips? What is the community's take on
the issue?
My take is that TPM does have some security merits, but it also has a
lot of potential for abuse.
Google turned up these
On Saturday 12 January 2008 08:45 David wrote:
> I'm a member of Al Quaida
OMG, everybody RUN!
Yes that "missquote" was on purpose, please read the references before
arresting this person...(whoever it may concern...)
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Scott Gifford wrote:
David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Jimmy Wu wrote:
[...]
(2) Does Debian support TPM chips? What is the community's take on the issue?
My take is that TPM does have some security merits, but it also has a
lot of potential for abuse.
Google turned up these results of the
David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Jimmy Wu wrote:
[...]
>> (2) Does Debian support TPM chips? What is the community's take on the issue?
>> My take is that TPM does have some security merits, but it also has a
>> lot of potential for abuse.
>> Google turned up these results of the beginnings o
On Friday 11 January 2008 22:14, Jimmy Wu wrote:
> On Jan 10, 2008 12:31 PM, David Brodbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Jan 9, 2008, at 5:27 PM, Mike Bird wrote:
> > > You might want to make the recovery CDs and save the recovery
> > > partition.
> > > In this sad world, being able to restore
Jimmy Wu wrote:
I just got the ThinkPad T61 laptop today. I went in to system
properties to take a look at the hardware device manager and I noticed
it included "Trusted Platform Module 1.2". Now, this raised a red
flag for me, as my first impressions of "trusted computing" were
framed by thi
On Jan 10, 2008 12:31 PM, David Brodbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Jan 9, 2008, at 5:27 PM, Mike Bird wrote:
> > You might want to make the recovery CDs and save the recovery
> > partition.
> > In this sad world, being able to restore/reinstall Vista will
> > dramatically
> > improve resale
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