Intel quietly adds DRM to new chips

[stefanhendriks]

actually these 'trusted computer' technology frightens me more then the way computers work right now.

what if a virus/tool is out on the internet that allows any user on the planet to simply shut any computer down, or disallow hardware access? Its OS independant right? But it has to be 'controlled' from 'somewhere'...

[Zacker]

Intel does not have secret DRM in their 945 chipset:
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=23708

[von Ryan]

Originally Posted by Zacker

Intel does not have secret DRM in their 945 chipset:
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=23708

That's what they say

[botmeister]

Read this
'Trusted Computing' Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/tcpa-faq.html

The modern age only started when Gutenberg invented movable type printing in Europe, which enabled information to be preserved and disseminated even if princes and bishops wanted to ban it. For example, when Wycliffe translated the Bible into English in 1380-1, the Lollard movement he started was suppressed easily; but when Tyndale translated the New Testament in 1524-5, he was able to print over 50,000 copies before they caught him and burned him at the stake. The old order in Europe collapsed, and the modern age began. Societies that tried to control information became uncompetitive, and with the collapse of the Soviet Union it seemed that democratic liberal capitalism had won. But now, TC has placed at risk the priceless inheritance that Gutenberg left us. Electronic books, once published, will be vulnerable; the courts can order them to be unpublished and the TC infrastructure will do the dirty work.

The Soviet Union attempted to register and control all typewriters and fax machines. TC similarly attempts to register and control all computers. The problem is that everything is becoming computerised. We have absolutely no idea where ubiquitous content control mechanisms will lead us.