Re: "First, get it built into all CPU chips...only _then_ make it mandatory."

2002-07-07 Thread jamesd
-- On 7 Jul 2002 at 0:42, Gary Jeffers wrote: > I suspect the the US solution would be hardware. All new > hardware would be maliced and old hardware would become > obsolete. The plan, as envisaged by our enemies, is that first almost everyone will voluntarily run a "trusted" operating

"First, get it built into all CPU chips...only _then_ make it mandatory."

2002-07-06 Thread Gary Jeffers
My fellow Cypherpunks, Tim May writes: >Then, perhaps after some major war or terror incident or other trigger, >major OSes will require the TCPA/DRM features to be running at all >times. Sure, maybe some little Perl or Java program Joe Sixpack writes >won't need it, but anything not on the m

"First, get it built into all CPU chips...only _then_ make it mandatory."

2002-07-05 Thread Tim May
On Friday, July 5, 2002, at 02:50 PM, Nomen Nescio wrote: > This describes the system as "opt-in" and that says that it will > not restrict the choice and options of the owner. That is, users > can enable the TCPA system and get their integrity metrics reported > (these are basically hashes of t