Well that was so ‘nineties’, Intel eventually caved on the PSN.
A History of Privacy Issues Intel Pentium III Processor Serial Number
http://www.cdt.org/privacy/issues/pentium3/
CPUID - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPUID#EAX.3D3:_Processor_Serial_Number
Querying the PSN does not give a hacker direct access to your personal information, but it can be used to make it easier for a hacker to individually identify your computer.
Thanks to you all. You've made my day and reminded me that a free people can be trusted - to at the very least disagree. ;-]
I will do my research and again much thanks to you all.
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