Orwellian computing (NYTimes)
"It's like having a little safe inside your computer,"
Microsoft always did make it simple. It's not the little paperclip guy talking - it's a Microsoft marketing guy hipping us to their latest Big Brother shovelware.
Here's a differing view:
"Microsoft's use of the term `trusted computing' is a great piece of doublespeak," said Dan Sokol, a computer engineer based in San Jose, Calif., who was one of the original members of the Homebrew Computing Club, the pioneering PC group. "What they're really saying is, `We don't trust you, the user of this computer.' "
"It's like having a little safe inside your computer,"
Microsoft always did make it simple. It's not the little paperclip guy talking - it's a Microsoft marketing guy hipping us to their latest Big Brother shovelware.
Here's a differing view:
"Microsoft's use of the term `trusted computing' is a great piece of doublespeak," said Dan Sokol, a computer engineer based in San Jose, Calif., who was one of the original members of the Homebrew Computing Club, the pioneering PC group. "What they're really saying is, `We don't trust you, the user of this computer.' "
