Kill the TCPA! (ATTN Anyone who Values Freedom)

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Re: Kill the TCPA! (ATTN Anyone who Values Freedom)

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Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:http://www.againsttcpa.com/

TCPA: "Trusted" Computing Platform Alliance. Also known as Palladium, DRM, or "Fritz Chip" for Fritz Hollings.
Actually TCPA is only a subset of Palladium, here's more info:
http://arstechnica.infopop.net/OpenTopi ... 5880974845
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TCPA has nothing to do with Palladium.

http://www.research.ibm.com/gsal/tcpa/

And Linux will run on a TCPA machine.

The problem is some software and other media will not run without TCPA or Palladium being enabled, not the other way around (hardware won't run signed software). Since open source software isn't made this way, who cares? I can easily live without MS software and stuff from the Ass.[es] of America. The TCPA chips is not made to be physically tamperproof anyhow, so mod chip type stuff could be possible

TCPA is just for encryption and storing keys in hardware. Basically a builtin smartcard. Your information is encrypted, with the keys stored in the chip, inaccessible to viruses.

Palladium is the greator threat, though it's windows only. You might not be able to play music or whatever under Linux. I don't care about that though. Besides, if you really wanted to, you could just connect the analog out of a CD player into the input of the sound card, and play(or copy) music that way.

Palladium is what needs to be killed.

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Necro99 wrote:A little music in the BG...

"This is the end...
Beautiful friend...
This is the end...
My only friend, the end...

Of our elaborate plans, the end...
Of everything that stands, the end...
No safety or surprise, the end...
I'll never look into your eyes... again..."

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CHARGE!!!!!!!!!
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