If the government allow a spyware in every PC

[Madison]

Quote from bungrider:

i truly doubt that the supreme court would allow any of this to happen...even scalia is a firm believer in the rights of the individual...

LOL - don't hold your breath....

while the site posted above is somewhat exaggerated, plans for a "trusted platform" (ie, hardware-based copyright and identity verification) have been in the works for a long time.

to fully control licensing and identity would be a great benefit for the software and media companies, not to mention lawyers and the IRS. logistically, there's some doubt it could be implemented, and in any case not in the way fritz & co. envision it, for sure. but then again, the public seems to swallow whatever microsoft feeds them without protest, so...

if you're interested:

http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/tcpa-faq.html

 

[dotslashfuture]

everyone is responsible personally for the privacy of their own PC, just like everyone is responsible for locking their own doors at night. However, if somebody breaks in then they become criminals and then you call the cops. Them's the breaks.

 

[harrytrader]

Panda Antivirus belong to Scientology firm for example

As for the practical mean that's the purpose of the above law: INTEL + MICROSOFT has already the architecture and the device ready I don't remember the exact name but I should repost it later.

Other news old for only 2 days: Bush want to suppress the Information Freedom Law even for documents that has been already released to the public ! 1984 is not very far indeed.

Quote from Gordon Gekko:

I've wondered for a while if the government has some way of tapping into people's computers. Maybe they have some little program installed with Windows, Anti-virus programs, etc. I'm probably just being too paranoid, but it is something that has crossed my mind a few times.