Trecherous Computing lol

I'm writing a debate on Trusted Computing, and after remembering a flash that's more than likely been bumped off of 4chan's /f/, I decided to ack world4ch about it. Anyone have links to good rants or articles on TC that would provide for some solid pros and cons about the issue? You guys could also throw in what you think about TC, as I can quote discussion groups.


mewtnote (lol): I was about to write this on Jackie T. and the Violence in Video Games baloney, but some professor who's much more important than me has already done it. (Very well, I might add.)

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These are good comments so far, however.

I regret to inform you that these aren't good comments. Thus far you've mostly heard the usual slashdot-grade "there are no pros" crowd. Like I said, it's fucking nasty if you're not running a server, but anyone who says there are no benefits is biased to uselessness. As someone writing a research paper, this should be obvious to you.

There are some benefits, the main one being security. If I run a server or some other system that I need to be as secure as possible, damn straight I'll reach for TC. We have encrypted connections over the internet, so the nodes themselves are the next step. TC will be an effective part of a larger solution, and ignoring it is completely retarded.

But, like I said, it's being pushed due to the interests of content providers; the security community invariably is always ignored, so it's not because of us, although the propaganda around TC will certainly proclaim it is. While it may benefit those of us interested in security, provided that we (and only we) hold the keys, content providers are going to try to use it to sodomize the consumer. Even though I see the benefits that TC can bring, I honestly dread its coming.

That's reality. The slashdot idiots can go fuck themselves.