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Document tracking by fingerprint scans
From: "Richard M. Smith" <rms () bsf-llc com>
Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 08:30:50 -0500
Your Rights Online <http://yro.slashdot.org/> : DRM Based on Trusted Computing Chips Posted by ScuttleMonkey <http://slashdot.org/~ScuttleMonkey/> on Sunday February 19, @06:22AM from the never-saw-it-coming dept. <http://slashdot.org/search.pl?tid=158> An anonymous reader writes "We've always know that Trusted Computing is really about DRM, but computer makers always denied it. Now that their Trusted Computing chips are standard on most new PCs, they've decided to come clean. According to Information Week, Lenovo has demonstrated a Thinkpad with built-in <http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2006/02/yes_trusted_com.h tml> Microsoft and Adobe DRM that uses a Trusted Computing chip with a fingerprint sensor. Even worse: 'The system is also aimed at tracking who reads a document and when, because the chip can report back every access attempt. If you access the file, your fingerprint is recorded.'" ( * <http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/06/02/19/070202.shtml> Read More... * 66 <http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/06/02/19/070202.shtml> of 79 <http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/02/19/070202&threshold=-1> comments * yro.slashdot.org <http://yro.slashdot.org/> )
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