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[LUG] Samsung to use Trusted Computing
Fancy putting Microsoft or Samsung in charge of your PC?
Previously appearing in a few rare laptops, ExtremeTech reports on the
first major computer manufacturer making a full scale Trusted Computing
rollout. Samsung will now install the Phoenix Core Managed Environment
(cME) BIOS in every computer they make. Previous Slashdot reports on
this BIOS include Phoenix Bios to Incorporate DRM and Microsoft Taking
Over the BIOS."
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/16/1443252&mode=thread&tid=99
OK, so it is likely to be hacked, maybe along the lines of DeCSS.
OK, a hidden partition on the hard drive can be erased.
from a slashdotter:
Detecting USB controller...
Detecting peripheral: PC104 Keyboard...
Detecting untrusted user at Keyboard!
20000 volts sent to keyboard...
Again:
The problem with most "trusted computing" proposals so far is that
"trusted" is an accurate description of them. It's just an imcomplete
description. They aren't about insuring that you, the owner of the
computer, can trust the computer or the software on it. They're about
insuring that third parties (such as Microsoft, HP, etc.) can trust your
computer to do what they tell it to do. The proponents omit that part
because they know all too well that if they did say all of what they
meant that the average consumer would scream bloody murder and refuse to
have anything to do with it.
Gnu/Linux isn't going to be trusted!
I don't trust Microsoft (never have) and they won't trust me.
Whichever way, it just makes work for the Linux installer.
Can't the BIOS be flashed?
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