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Howard.
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> European Union to Investigate PIII Processor
>
> The paranoid may be heartened to know that the European Union may consider
> action against Intel's Pentium III Processor due to its PSN technology.
PSN
> stands for Processor Serial Number, each Pentium III processor has its own
> individual number which can be used to identify your machine when surfing
> the web, making online transactions or any other Internet based activity.
>
> Intel's argument for the technology is that it will offer increased
security
> for its users who wish to indulge in e-commerce or online shopping. Their
> reasoning is that it would become impossible for someone to impersonate
you
> because they would not have your serial number. Others take a more
sinister
> view of the technology, believing it to be tantamount to being bar-coded.
>
> Regardless of your school of thought a report has been submitted to the
EU's
> Scientific and Technological Options Committee suggesting that the PSN
> technology may violate European Security protocols. The report argues that
> the technology could be used for electronic surveillance and increases the
> risk of abuse of economic information.
>
> While it is not clear what the outcome of this investigation may be it
does
> not bode well for the chip-giant.
>
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