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Fwd) FC: Intel backs down
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Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 09:15:19 -0500
To: politech@vorlon.mit.edu
From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
Subject: FC: Intel backs down
Reply-to: declan@well.com
[I'm also not a fan of Intel's move, but I think it's reasonable to
note that every computer with Ethernet hardware has a unique ID number
that some programs have used for at least a decade to thwart piracy,
for instance. Seems to me that civil libertarians irked about "digital
fingerprints" and "virtual Social Security numbers" should start
thinking twice about computers with network connections. After all,
while the Pentium Problem applies only to PCs, Macs and Suns have
Ethernet built-in... --Declan]
http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/17513.html
Intel on Privacy: 'Whoops!'
by Polly Sprenger
10:45 a.m. 25.Jan.99.PST
Intel finally threw in the towel.
Bowing to pressure from Washington and
civil liberties groups, the world's largest
chipmaker said Monday that it will disable
a controversial feature in its
next-generation Pentium chip that some
thought threatened consumer privacy.
The turning point came with a letter from
Representative Edward Markey
(D-Massachusetts), the ranking minority
member of the House
Telecommunications, Trade, and
Consumer Protection subcommittee, to
Intel CEO Craig Barrett.
[...]
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