Re: Chip-based DRM from Intel

["Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rMslade () shaw ca>]

From:                   Marc <marc () marcd org>
Date sent:              Mon, 03 Jan 2011 21:51:41 -0500

> The shape of things to come - Intel bought McAfee - soon to be hardware
> based endpoint encryption and antivirus.  Software vendors/developers in
> these spaces should be fairly nervous.

So should users ...

Be very glad that your PC is insecure--it means that after you buy it, you can 
break into it and install whatever software you want.  What YOU want, not what 
[content providers] want.
                                                      - John Gilmore

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