[TechJunkYard]

The business community would never allow the adoption of a chip like you describe. And the business community is one hell of a user base of what you call "personal" computers.

The business community can be lulled into accepting this by splashy pieces in Newsweek Magazine with phrases like "the system is designed to dramatically improve our ability to control and protect personal and corporate information" and other associated doublespeak. Businesses lose a lot of money due to IP breakouts and virus breakins... if MS offered them a way to "stop" that, they'd love it.

But go take a look at the MSNBC article and the patent documents and you'll see that DRM enforcement is precisely what this is all about.

And what a beautiful way for Microsoft to maintain its PC OS monopoly! Embed a public key in a chip, make sure that only Windows has the private key, and make it illegal to even try to crack the scheme.

[Bush2000]

The business community can be lulled into accepting this by splashy pieces in Newsweek Magazine with phrases like "the system is designed to dramatically improve our ability to control and protect personal and corporate information" and other associated doublespeak. Businesses lose a lot of money due to IP breakouts and virus breakins... if MS offered them a way to "stop" that, they'd love it.

Why not? The idiots at Slashdot have been lulled into the NSA's version of Linux ...

[jenny65]

Bumping

Yessirree, this is scary stuff indeed. Complete control of everything you do on YOUR PC, disguised as a security solution. Here's a good FAQ on Palladium: TCPA / Palladium Frequently Asked Questions

It's well worth the effort to read the whole thing.