Dell to Add Security Chip to PCs

[Justin]

On 2005-02-04T14:30:48-0500, Mark Allen Earnest wrote:
> The government was not able to get the Clipper chip passed and that was 
> backed with the horror stories of rampant pedophilia, terrorism, and 
> organized crime. Do you honestly believe they will be able to destroy 
> open source, linux, independent software development, and the like with 
> just the fear of movie piracy, mp3 sharing, and such? Do you really 
> think they are willing to piss off large sections of the voting 
> population, the tech segment of the economy, universities, small 
> businesses, and the rest of the world just because the MPAA and RIAA 
> don't like customers owning devices they do not control?

They managed with the HTDV broadcast flag mandate.

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