Richard Stallman, I’m sorry but this is one of the worst pieces of journalism I’ve read in the last year. Your summary of trusted computing is so off the mark, it is laughable. All trusted computing does is basically remove your option for ripping off digital data. That’s it. It doesn’t change anything else. If you are upset about that, then you are a thief, otherwise it wouldn’t bother you. But this goes well beyond a Song by Prince. This is about who you are. When your fingerprint data is on your computer, or your SSN, or anything about you (especially your medical records), once that is compromised, it cannot be changed. You cannot change your fingerprint. Your "person", Your "entity", will be hacked...permanently!
If you understood that, you would embrace trusted computing. Rather than fear trusted computing, you should fear a future without it! I can’t imagine a world where my data would be open to anyone with a decent PC. Hackers could change my medical records to read incorrectly, so the pharmacist would prescribe exactly what I’m allergic to just to kill me easily, without my even knowing it! It would be ridiculous.
Richard Stallman, I’m sorry but this is one of the worst pieces of journalism I’ve read in the last year. Your summary of trusted computing is so off the mark, it is laughable. All trusted computing does is basically remove your option for ripping off digital data. That’s it. It doesn’t change anything else. If you are upset about that, then you are a thief, otherwise it wouldn’t bother you. But this goes well beyond a Song by Prince. This is about who you are. When your fingerprint data is on your computer, or your SSN, or anything about you (especially your medical records), once that is compromised, it cannot be changed. You cannot change your fingerprint. Your "person", Your "entity", will be hacked...permanently!
If you understood that, you would embrace trusted computing. Rather than fear trusted computing, you should fear a future without it! I can’t imagine a world where my data would be open to anyone with a decent PC. Hackers could change my medical records to read incorrectly, so the pharmacist would prescribe exactly what I’m allergic to just to kill me easily, without my even knowing it! It would be ridiculous.