''Trusted computing''

[Redman]

I said it before, and will repeat myself again.
There is no "trusted computing". Period. Especially not as long as some "organisation" decides what is to be trusted and what isnt.

Personally, I find it offending if Linux programmers actually work along this "Trojan Horse". I do not doubt their sincere intentions, but the same intentions had the creators of the H-Bomb. And see what happened???

:drown:

[burntfuse]

Same here, I don't see why Linux should have trusted computing support. At least since it's open, it's easy to build your own kernel without it... This isn't "trusted computing" or "safe computing", it's "we get to control your every move" computing. Microsoft has already but some basic DRM into Vista, and I'd be surprised if they didn't keep on adding more in future versions. Maybe I sound paranoid, but you would be too after seeing all the stuff the government's doing too, like with the Matrix system... (See http://www.noplacetohide.net, a site for a documentary where they actually interviewed the people who put this together).