[matilda] Computer Security. UK government looks for backdoor in Windows Computers

[Alan Dawson]

Hi...

FYI

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4713018.stm

"Government officials look at the security of new systems, whether they are easy
for the general public to hack into and how the police can access material in
them."

And before you get excited about the "trusted computing platform" and "Bitlocker
Encryption".  This is really about encrypting content from media producers like
Sony and hollywood on your harddisk so YOU can't share it with others.  Or load
software that doesn't conform with their views of what is allowed.

More information on "Trusted Computing Platform"

Cool video.. http://www.lafkon.net/tc/
Plenty more detail.
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/can-you-trust.html
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/tcpa-faq.html

And before you think you can just copy and rerip .. Your A-HOLE is to be
blocked!

http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004261.php
http://bpdg.blogs.eff.org/archives/000113.html



Regards 

AED
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short-term cost and benefit, someone with a longer view can easily
manoeuver you into a trap from which it is hard to escape."